vessel

Meanings

Noun

• Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.
• A craft designed for transportation through air or space.
• Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.
• A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
• A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
• A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.

Verb

• To put into a vessel.

Origin

• From Middle English vessel, vessell, from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau), from Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās.