A flask is a bottle which you use for carrying drinks around with you.
He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.
Synonyms: vessel, bottle, container, Thermos flask [trademark] More Synonyms of flask
A flask of liquid is the flask and the liquid which it contains.
There's some sandwiches here and a flask of coffee. [+ of]
2. countable noun
A flask is a bottle or other container which is used in science laboratories and industry for holding liquids.
...flasks for the transport of spent fuel.
3. See also hip flask, vacuum flask
flask in British English
(flɑːsk)
noun
1.
a bottle with a narrow neck, esp used in a laboratory or for wine, oil, etc
2. Also called: hip flask
a small flattened container of glass or metal designed to be carried in a pocket, esp for liquor
3. powder flask
4.
a container packed with sand to form a mould in a foundry
5. vacuum flask
6. Also called: cask, coffin engineering
a container used for transporting irradiated nuclear fuel
Word origin
C14: from Old French flasque, flaske, from Medieval Latin flasca, flasco, perhaps of Germanic origin; compare Old English flasce, flaxe
flask in American English
(flæsk; flɑsk)
noun
1.
any small, bottle-shaped container with a narrow neck, used in laboratories, etc.
2.
a small, flattened container for liquor, etc., to be carried in the pocket
3.
the frame for a mold of sand in a foundry
Word origin
ME < ML flasco & OE flasce, both < LL flasco (gen. flasconis) < flasca < Gmc *flasko, bottle, wicker-enclosed jug, prob. < base of OHG flechtan, to weave: for IE base see flax
Examples of 'flask' in a sentence
flask
An elderly man in a parked car, sipping tea from a flask, was the only visitor we encountered.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He toured the country with a flask of tea and his pipe.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He handed us two tins of tuna fish and a flask of tea.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It will be a hip flask replacement.
The Sun (2013)
One of you brings a flask of coffee and the other cake.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He gave her his sleeping bag and used a flask of ginger tea to warm up her hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It might help to take along a flask of coffee, plus some delicious pastries.
The Sun (2010)
Perfect for tools or a vacuum flask, and it handily fits across the handlebars of your bike.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I'd packed a flask of tea and some sandwiches and crisps.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And, if possible, take a flask of tea.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So far I've managed to raise three fish and a flask of olive oil.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If you really want to save, think about having a coffee before you leave home, taking a flask or making coffee in the office.
The Sun (2012)
Then I make my flask of tea, always green tea because it still tastes fresh at the end of the day.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Word lists with
flask
bottle, container
In other languages
flask
British English: flask /flɑːsk/ NOUN
A flask is a bottle used for carrying alcoholic or hot drinks around with you.
...a flask of coffee.
American English: flask
Arabic: قَارُورَة
Brazilian Portuguese: frasco
Chinese: 保温瓶
Croatian: pljoska
Czech: čutora
Danish: flaske
Dutch: flacon
European Spanish: frasco
Finnish: termospullo
French: gourde
German: Thermosflasche
Greek: φλασκί
Italian: borraccia
Japanese: 魔法瓶
Korean: 플라스크
Norwegian: feltflaske
Polish: piersiówka
European Portuguese: frasco
Romanian: termos
Russian: фляга
Latin American Spanish: frasco
Swedish: termosflaska
Thai: กระติกน้ำร้อนหรือน้ำเย็น
Turkish: cep matarası
Ukrainian: фляга
Vietnamese: bình rượu nhỏ mang theo người nước
All related terms of 'flask'
hip flask
A hip flask is a small metal container in which brandy , whisky , or other spirits can be carried.
Dewar flask
a type of vacuum flask , esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium , etc; Thermos
Dewar (flask)
a double-walled flask with a vacuum between the walls, which are silvered on the inside, used esp. for storage of liquefied gases
powder flask
a small flask or case formerly used to carry gunpowder
vacuum flask
A vacuum flask is a container which is used to keep hot drinks hot or cold drinks cold. It has two thin silvery glass walls with a vacuum between them.
Florence flask
a round flat-bottomed glass flask with a long neck , used in chemical experiments
Erlenmeyer flask
a flask , for use in a laboratory , with a narrow neck , wide base , and conical shape; conical flask
Thermos
A Thermos , Thermos flask , or in American English Thermos bottle , is a container which is used to keep hot drinks hot or cold drinks cold. It has two thin shiny glass walls with no air between them.