: a container (such as a bottle or jar) with a vacuum between an inner and outer wall used to keep material and especially liquids either hot or cold for considerable periods
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Background For the last few years, Stanley, the 100-plus-year-old company behind those green thermoses from camping trips of yore, has been invading the consumer consciousness.
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Scott Hocker, theweek, 8 Feb. 2024
Sitting shoulder to shoulder, muttering curses in Farsi and Pashto, our engineers had each drunk six cups of tea in less than ten minutes, hoarding an entire thermos for themselves.
—Jamil Jan Kochai, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
But for a child, a thermos of hot chocolate was always an exciting companion.
—Linda Solomon, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2024
Stanley, a company that had once been best known for making thermoses favored by blue-collar workers and campers, has stayed a favorite among younger people, topping many holiday wish lists.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2024
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Scott Hocker, theweek, 8 Feb. 2024
Sitting shoulder to shoulder, muttering curses in Farsi and Pashto, our engineers had each drunk six cups of tea in less than ten minutes, hoarding an entire thermos for themselves.
—Jamil Jan Kochai, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
But for a child, a thermos of hot chocolate was always an exciting companion.
—Linda Solomon, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2024
Stanley, a company that had once been best known for making thermoses favored by blue-collar workers and campers, has stayed a favorite among younger people, topping many holiday wish lists.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2024
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thermos
noun
ther·mos
ˈthər-məs 
: a container (as a bottle) with a vacuum between an inner and an outer wall used to keep material (as liquids) hot or cold
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