flask

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Synonyms: flash, flak, flank, flack, lask, flisk, flark, slask, flas, flase, flass

Antonyms: flash, flak, flank, flack, lask, flisk, flark, slask, flas, flase, flass

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Noun

A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
A [[container]] used to [[discreetly]] carry a small amount of a hard [[alcohol]]ic [[beverage]]; a [[pocket flask]].
{{lb|en|sciences}} [[laboratory|Laboratory]] [[glassware]] used to hold larger [[volume]]s than [[test tube]]s, normally having a [[narrow]] [[mouth]] of a [[standard]] [[size]] which widens to a [[flat]] or [[spherical]] [[base]].
{{lb|en|engineering}} A container for holding a [[casting]] [[mold]], especially for [[sand casting]] molds.
A bed in a [[gun carriage]].
A {{w|nuclear flask}}, a large, secure lead-lined container for the transport of [[nuclear]] [[material]].
{{lb|en|Newfoundland}} A small bottle of liquor.

{{lb|en|dentistry}} To [[invest]] a [[denture]] in a [[flask]] so as to produce a [[sectional]] [[mold]].

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