vessel
pronunciation
How to pronounce vessel in British English:
UK [ˈvesl]
How to pronounce vessel in American English:
US [ˈvesl]
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- Noun:
- a tube in which a body fluid circulates
- a craft designed for water transportation
- an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
Word Origin
- vessel
- vessel: [13] Latin vascellum meant ‘small dish or utensil’. It was a diminutive form of vas ‘dish, vessel’ (source of English vase). It passed into English via Old French vaissel and Anglo- Norman vessel, on the way acquiring the additional meaning ‘ship’.=> vase
- vessel (n.)
- c. 1300, "container," from Old French vessel "container, receptacle, barrel; ship" (12c., Modern French vaisseau) from Late Latin vascellum "small vase or urn," also "a ship," alteration of Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas "vessel." Sense of "ship, boat" is found in English from early 14c. "The association between hollow utensils and boats appears in all languages" [Weekley]. Meaning "canal or duct of the body" (especially for carrying blood) is attested from late 14c.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The pirate vessel fled before the navy ship arrived .
- 2. No trace of the vessel has ever been found .
- 3. But not a single vessel with guards has been boarded .
- 4. The japanese said the trawler rammed a japanese coast guard vessel .
- 5. Locals scurried out to the vessel and pulled off what they could .