vial

vial

a small container used for liquids: The biology student held up a vial of swamp water.
Not to be confused with:vile – disgusting; loathsome; depraved: He’s a vile man with a cruel streak.viol – a stringed musical instrument: He was the finest viol player in the orchestra.

vi·al

V0082400 (vī′əl, vīl)n. A small container, usually with a closure, used especially for liquids.tr.v. vi·aled, vi·al·ing, vi·als or vi·alled or vi·al·ling To put or keep in or as if in a vial.

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[Middle English viole, variant of fiol; see phial.]

vial

(ˈvaɪəl; vaɪl) n a less common variant of phial[C14: fiole, from Old French, from Old Provençal fiola, from Latin phiala, from Greek phialē; see phial]

vi•al

(ˈvaɪ əl, vaɪl)

n., v. -aled, -al•ing (esp. Brit.) -alled, -al•ling. n. 1. Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids. v.t. 2. to put into or keep in a vial. [1300–50; Middle English viole, variant of fiole phial]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

vial - a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)ampoule, ampul, ampule, phialbottle - a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped

Translations

Flakonfiolefiala