flask

noun

Definition of flasknext
as in bottle

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Recent Examples of flask 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 This clip-on sleeve holds a soft 17-fluid-ounce flask but has been engineered to attach easily to your backpack straps for hands-free drinking on the move. — Chris Haslam, Wired News, 24 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
  • Most brands top out at about $50 per bottle, with a few exceptions here and there.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
  • According to Triarchy, one pair of jeans can take around 100 bottles of water or roughly 75 liters to dye and finish.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 15 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
  • Expanding the pipeline without fixing the workplace is like pouring water into a bucket with a hole in it.
    — Lynne S. Moronski, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The kitchen sends out delicious wings and other snacks while bartenders serve affordable buckets of beer and seltzer.
    — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 15 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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“Flask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flask. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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