flask

noun

ˈflask 

ˈfläsk

: a container often somewhat narrowed toward the outlet and often fitted with a closure: such as

a

: a broad flattened necked vessel used especially to carry an alcoholic beverage on the person

b

British : thermos

Examples of flask in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Paying a visit to church altars, for instance, gives you an extra healing flask, which proves incredibly useful. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025

Take a flask of herbal tea back to your room, curl up with a hot water bottle, and download the SkyView app to embark on your own private celestial safari every evening. —Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024

Elemental mercury, considered pure at 99.99 percent, is sold in a standard flask of seventy-six pounds for around $2,500, despite a worldwide stock of about 600,000 tons. —Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024

Picture a flask of vodka passed across a corpse, a pool of blood lit up by neon signs, an illicit kiss soundtracked by screams. —Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle French flasque powder flask, ultimately from Late Latin flascon-, flasco bottle, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German flaska bottle

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing flask

• Erlenmeyer flask
• Florence flask
• hip flask
• vacuum flask

Kids Definition

flask

noun

ˈflask 

: a container shaped like a flattened bottle

Medical Definition

flask

1 of 2 noun

ˈflask 

: a container often somewhat narrowed toward the outlet and often fitted with a closure: as

a

: any of various usually blown-glass vessels used for technical purposes in a laboratory

b

: a metal container in which the materials used to form a dental restoration (as a denture) are processed

flask

2 of 2 transitive verb

: to place (a denture) in a flask for processing