English > vessel: 3 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | A craft designed for water transportation / transportation. |
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| Synonym | watercraft |
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| Category of | clinch, clench | A small slip noose made with seizing |
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| Instances | Merrimac | An ironclad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North |
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| Monitor | An ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac |
| Parts | anchor, ground tackle | A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
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| bilge | Where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom |
| bilge keel | Either of two lengthwise fins attached along the outside of a ship's bilge |
| bow, fore, prow, stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft |
| hull | The frame or body of ship |
| rudder | (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel |
| wale, strake | Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship |
| washboard, splashboard | protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side |
| Narrower | bareboat | A vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered / chartered without a captain or crew or provisions / provisions |
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| boat | A small vessel for travel on water |
| fishing boat, fishing smack, fishing vessel | A vessel for fishing |
| galley | (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars |
| galley | A large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow |
| iceboat, ice yacht, scooter | A sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame |
| patrol boat, patrol ship | A vessel assigned to patrol an area |
| sailing vessel, sailing ship | A vessel that is powered by the wind |
| ship | A vessel that carries passengers or freight |
| shrimper | A vessel engaged in shrimping |
| weather ship | An oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations |
| yacht, racing yacht | An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing |
| Broader | craft | A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space |
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| Spanish | barco, embarcación, vaso |
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| Catalan | vaixell |
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English > vessel: 3 senses > noun 3, artifact| Meaning | An object used as a container (especially for liquids / liquids). |
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| Parts | base | A flat bottom on which something is intended to sit |
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| brim, rim, lip | The top edge of a vessel or other container |
| Narrower | autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser | A device for heating substances above their boiling point |
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| barrel, cask | A cylindrical container that holds liquids / liquids |
| basin | A bowl-shaped vessel |
| bath | A vessel containing liquid / liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it) |
| bathtub, bathing tub, tub | A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body |
| bedpan | A shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination |
| boiler, steam boiler | sealed vessel where water is converted to steam |
| bone-ash cup, cupel, refractory pot | A small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead |
| bottle | A glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids |
| bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle | A vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula |
| bowl | A round vessel that is open at the top |
| bucket, pail | A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top |
| censer, thurible | A container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) |
| churn, butter churn | A vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk |
| crucible, melting pot | A vessel made of material that does not melt easily |
| drinking vessel | A vessel intended for drinking |
| drum, metal drum | A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids / liquids |
| eyecup, eyebath, eye cup | A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye |
| flagon | A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout |
| jar | A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles |
| ladle | A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle |
| monstrance, ostensorium | (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration |
| mortar | A bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle |
| muller | A vessel in which wine is mulled |
| pitcher, ewer | An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring |
| poacher | A cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) |
| pot | metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep |
| retort | A vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat |
| steeper | A vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping |
| tank, storage tank | A large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids / liquids |
| tin | A vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking |
| tub, vat | A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids / liquids |
| urceole | A vessel that holds water for washing the hands |
| water jacket | A container filled with water that surrounds a machine to cool it |
| well | A cavity or vessel used to contain liquid / liquid |
| Broader | container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
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| Spanish | receptáculo, recinto, recipiente, vasija, vaso |
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| Catalan | atuell, recipient, vas |
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