FLASK
What does "FLASK" mean?
A narrow-necked container for holding liquids.
Meanings
- A small flat bottle, often metal, carried in the pocket for holding drink. He kept a hip flask of brandy for cold mornings.
- A glass laboratory container with a rounded body and a narrow neck. She heated the solution in a conical flask over the burner. technical
- An insulated container that keeps drinks hot or cold; a vacuum flask. Fill the flask with soup before the hike.
Did you know?
- The vacuum flask that keeps your coffee hot was invented around 1892 by physicist James Dewar to store liquefied gases - he never patented it, and the Thermos company commercialised the idea instead.
Word origin
From Medieval Latin 'flasca' ('bottle, container'), which spread across Germanic and Romance languages; reinforced in English by Old French 'flasque' and Italian 'fiasco' (the same root that gives us 'fiasco').
Remember it
FLASK shares its root with the Italian 'fiasco' - both name a flask-shaped bottle.
A little poem
Silver in the snow-
a small warmth kept against the cold,
round neck, narrow throat.
haiku
Wordplay
- The chemist's experiment was a total fiasco - fittingly, since 'fiasco' and 'flask' come from the same bottle.
What it teaches
A narrow neck pours slowly on purpose; some things are better kept than poured out all at once.
Quick facts
What does FLASK mean?
A narrow-necked container for holding liquids.
Is FLASK a valid word?
Yes — FLASK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FLASK?
FLASK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FLASK come from?
From Medieval Latin 'flasca' ('bottle, container'), which spread across Germanic and Romance languages; reinforced in English by Old French 'flasque' and Italian 'fiasco' (the same root that gives us 'fiasco').
What can FLASK teach us?
A narrow neck pours slowly on purpose; some things are better kept than poured out all at once.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.