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flask

noun

Definition of flask

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

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Noun

Some protesters attacked police with stones and plastic bottles, injuring a few officers who were taken to the hospital, news agency ANI quoted Delhi Police as saying.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026
From the jars, bottles, boxes, and bags that fill our fridges and pantries to the frosty contents of our coolers, each item is chosen with intention.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 July 2026

Definition of bottle

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

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

The lawsuit alleges he was held by his legs and dunked headfirst in a bucket of cold water contaminated with human feces.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
People process, remember, and act on information more easily when it’s organized into three buckets instead of an unstructured, rambling, and confusing stream of ideas.

— Carmine Gallo, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of bucket

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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

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