flask Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun bottle that has a narrow neck
  2. noun the quantity a flask will hold
    flaskful.

WordNet

Flask noun
Etymology
AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF. flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr. , , . Cf. Flagon, Flasket.
Definitions
  1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.
  2. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
  3. A bed in a gun carriage. Obs. Bailey.
  4. (Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc.

Webster 1913