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[ thur-muhs ] / ˈθɜr məs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR thermos ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold. Also called thermos bottle. Origin of thermosFirst recorded in 1905–10; formerly a trademark Words nearby thermosThermopylae, thermoreceptor, thermoregulate, thermoregulation, thermoremanent magnetization, thermos, thermoscope, thermosensitive, thermosetting, thermosiphon, thermosphere Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thermosEven the humble espresso machine got bad press, despite being the size of a thermos cup and brought as a joke. Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling|Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Back at the cabin we sit together on a log near the porch and drink bourbon and ice water out of the Thermos cap. Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean|Pete Dexter|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST She once hit him over the head with a thermos in the back of a car because he was acting up so badly on a road trip. Meghan McCain on Her Grandmother Roberta McCain’s 100th Birthday|Meghan McCain|February 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST She does not drink water, only red wine from Domaine Tempier, Champagne, and a thermos of tisane before bed. Alice Waters’ Favorite Vineyard|Sophie Menin|August 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Once Dot drank some water from the thermos bottle and reminded Linda of hers. Linda Carlton's Island Adventure|Edith Lavell Why, Carolyn took the thermos bottle and the coffee to the boat, for the man if he should want anything more. Betty Lee, Senior|Harriet Pyne Grove Foster reached forward and took a thermos bottle, his partner seized another. Finally Bob sat back, a sandwich in one hand, a cup of steaming coffee out of the thermos bottle in the other. Famous Flyers|David Goodger (goodger@python.org) Bob unpacked the sandwiches and the thermos bottle of hot chocolate. The Story of Sugar|Sara Ware Bassett
British Dictionary definitions for thermos
nountrademark a type of stoppered vacuum flask used to preserve the temperature of its contentsSee also Dewar flask Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to thermosflask, water bottle, jug, bottle, bota, vacuum flask, flacon, flasket |