flask

noun

Definition of flasknext
as in bottle

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Recent Examples of flask Ordinarily, cyclists will drink water from a bottle, and drink gel from either a disposable packet or a refillable flask. — New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2026 What works perfectly inside a glass laboratory flask faces unpredictable engineering challenges when transferred to massive industrial reactors. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026 Tommy is sober; Jeff’s a wisecracking alcoholic who seems to have twice emptied out a flask before the first scene is over. — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2026 Push a button on either and the sliders grasp smaller flasks. — James Raia, Mercury News, 24 May 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
  • Suddenly, Smith herself was beside me, raising her own bottle of ginger juice.
    — Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Carrying a large pump spray bottle and a small, sturdy brush, Caitlin Abrams stood before two starkly contrasting graves in a modest cemetery in western Vermont.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of bottle
Noun
  • For Japanese-style short-grain white rice, a rough stovetop starting point is 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups of water per cup of rice.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Tents are set up along the river for everyone to have a place to warm up, get a cup of coffee or a change of clothes.
    — Anna Meiler, CBS News, 16 Oct. 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 $20, guests could fill a commemorative plastic stein with one of these brews.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Few people lifting a stein here would guess that beer consumption is down worldwide.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of stein
Noun
  • The Golden Arches introduced the first collectible pails back in 1986.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • When teams used to do this to Denver coach Mike Shanahan, Terrell Davis put on his hard hat, grabbed his lunch pail and went to work.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of pail
Noun
  • Water bottles and a bucket of pickles sat on the floor inside the walk-in cooler.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • On this warm, October day, five murres paddled around the pool — waiting for a technician to drop a bucket of smelt into the water.
    — Stephanie Zappelli, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of bucket
Noun
  • Items such as the coffee pots, dispensing nozzles for cappuccino and frazil machines must be washed and sanitized as needed.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • My mom enrolled as a junior at Hollywood High School and took care of the house—cleaning, reheating frozen chicken pot pies, and making sure everyone did their homework.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pot
Noun
  • Her first assignment was in a canteen at an aviation training center near Tours.
    — April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2026
  • As of this month, the neighborhood even has a local artists canteen.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of canteen

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