flagon

noun

ˈfla-gən How to pronounce flagon (audio)
Definition of flagonnext
as in pitcher
a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout brought a flagon of wine to the table

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of flagon After helping one of the Dutchmen lug a keg of liquor to the game, Rip drinks several flagons, passes out, and wakes up two decades later. — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025 Under a vaulted ceiling, academics, museum workers, and the octopus-curious passed around a flagon of Kraken Rum. — Pearse Anderson, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023 Reiche interjected that the resulting settlement contract is the first contract he's ever signed that included specific language about bees and about how many jars of honey must be exchanged per month for flagons of mead. — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 11 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagon
  1. pitcher
  2. jug
  3. bottle
  4. cup
  5. ewer
  6. flask
Noun
  • The 2016 Cubs, along with the Toronto Blue Jays that year, are the last to have five pitchers each make at least 29 starts during a regular season.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Defense lawyers are expected to argue that the pitchers did not collude with gamblers and instead were varying the placement of pitches strategically to fool batters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of pitcher
Noun
  • In the library, Joel—who decorated the place himself—had a model of the Queen Mary on his mantel, and in the living room facing the fireplace was a triptych of the Last Supper along with silver jugs and bowls on a nearby table.
    — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Luckily, waiters are standing by with large jugs of water, ready to refill at the sight of sweat dripping down your forehead.
    — Ali Domrongchai, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of jug
Noun
  • Over time bottles break down into micro and nanoplastics, Baechler noted, and potentially leach toxic chemicals known to cause harm into the water.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Advertisement Article continues below this ad Appetizers include the ostiones nakachi, oysters served with a bottle of habanero oil, and the kanpachi aguachile.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of bottle
Noun
  • Celmins welcomed us in and introduced us to her cat, Raymond, who immediately pounced on my cup of takeout coffee.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Joe wants to poison Victor’s cup, but Katie thinks Victor would try to trade.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of cup
Noun
  • Somewhere between Venice and Paris, just as afternoon tea was served—raspberry tartlets and biscotti squisiti, coffee poured from silver ewers into porcelain cups—JR, the French artist known for his public installations, was starting to freak out.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Inspired by antiques like cobalt glass, Egyptian glass ewers and hotel breakfast sets and mid-20th-century Italian glassware, Jacobsen came up with the Continental Collection.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 19 Nov. 2025
Definition of ewer
Noun
  • In addition, the workshop serves as a warmth station, with more blankets and probably a flask of something.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Said, meanwhile, drew on an ancient Egyptian New Year’s flask in the Met’s collection for Shaping Time, a monumental ceramic structure that reinterprets the forms and motifs of his cultural heritage.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of flask

Browse Nearby Words

flagging
flagon
flagons
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Flagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagon. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Longest Long Words List

The Words of the Week - Nov. 13

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
speech-bubble-untangle
Simplify The Convoluted Expression Quiz A quiz that’s as “uncomplicated as a round de...
See All