flask

noun

Definition of flasknext
as in bottle

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Recent Examples of flask Push a button on either and the sliders grasp smaller flasks. — James Raia, Mercury News, 24 May 2026 Nolan, by reputation, is a solemn figure—a no-nonsense puzzle-box auteur in a crisp waistcoat, a flask of tea tucked into his jacket pocket. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026 My bolder friend preferred the Sazerac Cocoa, a heady mix of Pernod absinthe, Bourbon, and white chocolate liqueur served in a silver flask. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2026 Log Cabin maple syrup was packaged in a special Bicentennial flask. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flask
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flask
  1. bottle
  2. cup
  3. tankard
  4. stein
  5. pail
  6. bucket
  7. pot
  8. canteen
Noun
  • Stars are opening wineries and putting their names on bottles.
    — Emily Saladino, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
  • On May 28, Johnson received results finding that the DNA profile sampled from one of Brown’s soda bottles could not be excluded as the contributor of the male blood from the victim’s nightgown, the detective wrote.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
Definition of bottle
Noun
  • Several attempts finished just short or caught the edge of the cup.
    — Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • In true British fashion, Bellingham was holding a cup of barbecue beans in the photo.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Definition of cup
Noun
  • Participants can take part in the town’s stein hoisting contest to see who can hold a full tankard of beer the longest.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Mockrin references the tankard by painting the Sabine women in a color palette mimicking marble statuary or ivory carvings.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Definition of tankard
Noun
  • For another, just ask any of the smiling stein-cradling kellnerinnen inside the 2,500-seat Hippodrom tent.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
  • Competitions are planned ranging from a strawberry costume contest to pie eating and beer stein-holding.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
Definition of stein
Noun
  • The popcorn pail, topped with a replica of the giant sandworms of planet Arrakis, made customers reach their hands through the sandworm's teeth to dish out popcorn from inside.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Chekhov learned later that soldiers with pails always appeared at this time in the morning, fetching water for the officers.
    — Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of pail
Noun
  • Researchers often use the Morningness Eveningness Questionnaire, a 19-item survey that sorts respondents into five buckets, from definitely morning to definitely evening.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
  • The Valkyries couldn’t buy a bucket from that point and Washington hit enough free throws to seal a stunning win on the road.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
Definition of bucket
Noun
  • In her album, Jenny Sweet portrays them as mothers angry at how humans have warmed their waters, turning them into lobsters in a pot being boiled alive by climate change.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
  • Behind the two men is an antique-style table with dragons decorating the legs, upon which sit two porcelain bird statues and a small pot filled with purple and white flowers.
    — Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026
Definition of pot
Noun
  • He is later seen greeting incarcerated men in the prison canteen, shaking hands and performing with several inmates serving as his backing band.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • Jelly then enters the prison canteen, greeting hundreds of other inmates and shaking their hands.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of canteen

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