vial
/ˈvʌɪəl
/noun
A small container, typically cylindrical and made of glass, used especially for holding liquid medicines.Ritter picked up a box off the counter containing three small vials of different colored liquids....
- Scully walks up to the table and places upon it a glass vial containing a honeybee that almost cost the agent her life.
- Both were kept in clear glass vials, which were identical in size and shape.
Origin
Middle English: alteration of phial.
phial from Middle English:
The word phial is from Old French fiole, via Latin from Greek phialē which described a broad flat container, rather than our small, cylindrical container. Vial is simply a re-spelling of the same word.
Rhymes
- happy-clappy
- happy couple
- happy days
- happy dust
- happy ending
- happy event
- happy families
- happy family
- happy-go-lucky
- happy hardcore
- happy hour
- happy hunting ground
- happy land
- happy landings
- happy medium
- happy pair
- happy pill
- happy place
- happy release
- happy-sad
- happy ship
- happy slap
- happy slapper
- happy slapping
- happy-slappy