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- [ves-uh l]
- /ˈvɛs əl/
- /ˈves.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ves-uh l]
- /ˈvɛs əl/
Definitions of vessel word
- noun vessel a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat. 1
- noun vessel an airship. 1
- noun vessel a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase, used for holding liquids or other contents. 1
- noun vessel Anatomy, Zoology. a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, containing or conveying blood or some other body fluid. 1
- noun vessel Botany. a duct formed in the xylem, composed of connected cells that have lost their intervening partitions, that conducts water and mineral nutrients. Compare tracheid. 1
- noun vessel a person regarded as a holder or receiver of something, especially something nonmaterial: a vessel of grace; a vessel of wrath. 1
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Origin of vessel
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French vessel, va(i)ssel < Latin vāscellum, equivalent to vās (see vase) + -cellum diminutive suffix
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Parts of speech for Vessel
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vessel popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
vessel usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vessel
noun vessel
- alembic — an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
- aluminum — a silvery, lightweight, easily worked, metallic chemical element that resists corrosion and is found abundantly, but only in combination: symbol, Al; at. no., 13
- ark — In the Bible, the ark was a large boat which Noah built in order to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the Flood.
- barrel — A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
- basin — A basin is a large or deep bowl that you use for holding liquids, or for mixing or storing food.
noun, verb vessel
- hulled — retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull: hulled wheat.
- hulling — the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
- husking — the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
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