Thesaurus results for FLAGON

flagon

noun

ˈfla-gən

Definition of flagon

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

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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

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Noun

The 2026 Dodgers used 12 different pitchers over the weekend against the Giants.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Alcantara, long Miami’s ace, set multiple franchise records while finally looking again like the pitcher who won a Cy Young in 2022 before undergoing Tommy John surgery and missing the 2024 season.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of pitcher

Noun

All in all, a task that once took nearly a year and required a large, specialized team can now be attempted at home for roughly the price of a two-liter bottle of soda.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Priced at $23 for a 16-ounce bottle, The Wash is a full body, sulfate-free cleanser, infused with aloe vera, sunflower seed oil, glycerin and colloidal oatmeal.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of bottle

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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

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The quantumness involved is simple, fleeting, and kind of unavoidable — even in a flask of dead chemicals, some tiny particles will tunnel through energetic barriers.

— Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
Victoria Beckam’s Portofino ‘97 scent comes in a turquoise flask that can fit in your palm and dangle at your breastplate.

— Chloe Schama, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of flask

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