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| flask [ flask ] (plural flasks) |
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1. small bottle: a small glass bottle, often with a long neck, of the type used in laboratory work
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2. small flat container for alcohol: a small thin flat container with a narrow neck, carried in a pocket and usually used to hold liquor
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3. Caribbean half a bottle of rum: in Trinidad, half a bottle of rum
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informal
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4. arms history
Same as powder flask
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5. metallurgy mold used in foundry: a frame packed full of sand, used in a foundry to make a mold
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6. energy container for spent nuclear fuel: a very strong container in which irradiated nuclear fuel is transported
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| [14th century. < medieval Latin flasca, late Latin flascon-] |
