vessel
A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or spaceA craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space.: Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine.
» The surgeon accidentally nicked a blood vessel.
Meaning
6 sensesA craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space.
Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine.
a craft designed for water transportation
A craft designed for transportation through air or space.
Schiff, Boot, Wasserfahrzeug
су́дноsúdno, кора́бльkoráblʹ
судно́sudnó, корабе́льkorabélʹ
A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
Gefäß, Behälter, Behältnis
сосу́дsosúd
посу́динаposúdyna
(figuratively)A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
A teacher should be a vessel of knowledge.
A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
Blood and lymph vessels are found in humans; xylem and phloem vessels are found in plants.
Gefäß
сосу́дsosúd
суди́наsudýna
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
(dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.
Examples
75 sentencesThe surgeon accidentally nicked a blood vessel.
A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.
The nurse hit a blood vessel.
ruМедсестра попала в сосуд.
deDie Krankenschwester traf ein Blutgefäß.
The vessel was surrounded by water.
A blood vessel broke in my eye.
ruУ меня лопнул сосуд в глазу.
deEin Blutgefäß platzte in meinem Auge.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English vessel, vessell (“small container”); from Old French vaisselInherited from Middle English vessel, vessell (“small container”); from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau and Catalan vaixell), from Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vase, vessel”).
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Forms
plural: vessels| Singular | vessel |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonyms- a craft designed for water transportation:watercraft
- a tube in which a body fluid circulates:vas
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable