Any article designed to serve as a receptacle for a liquid or other substance, usually one of circular section and made of some durable material; esp.…

A receptacle for holding corn, meal, bread, fruit, and other articles of consumption; a hutch. Also, in later use, for dust (dust-bin), coal, or…

A large cask used to contain dry goods (esp. foodstuffs), of a capacity varying according to the contents and locality. Also: the contents of such a…

A large shallow earthenware bowl or vessel, wider at the top than at the bottom, used esp. to stand milk in to let the cream separate (cf. pan-mug n.…

a glass vessel in which items, esp. of food, can be preserved and stored.

An ancient Roman vessel shaped like a shell; = conch, n. 4.

a large earthenware vessel used to hold milk, butter, etc.

An ancient Roman vessel, used for oil, salt, etc. Also figurative.

English regional (Yorkshire). A large earthenware vessel; a pancheon.

a type of early Bronze Age pottery with a coarse texture and geometric ornamentation, found as funerary ware in burial sites in northern Britain and…

= food vessel n.

A Chinese bronze food-vessel.

Originally U.S. A can with a lid, for water, tobacco, biscuits, etc.