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vessel

noun

/ˈves.əl/

Meaning

A ship or large boat.

a ship or boat; a container for holding liquids

A ship or large boat; also a container for holding liquids or a tube in the body that carries blood.

The vessel carried critical supplies.

The cargo vessel arrived at the port.

The fishing vessel returned safely to the harbor.

blood vessel

ship, carrier, boat, container, receptacle, craft

Entry 1

ship, carrier

Entry 2

ship, boat, container, receptacle

Entry 3

ship, boat, craft, container, receptacle

structure, non-vessel, land, shore

Entry 1

structure, non-vessel

Entry 3

land, shore

cargo vessel, blood vessel, drinking vessel, fishing vessel, large vessel, sea vessel

Entry 2

cargo vessel, blood vessel, drinking vessel

Entry 3

blood vessel, fishing vessel, large vessel, sea vessel

a separate section or division of a larger space, especially in a train

A building equipped for observing astronomical or meteorological events.

a person who is traveling or visiting a place for pleasure

spice obtained from the reddish seed covering of the nutmeg seed

an increase or addition, especially one of a series on a fixed scale; a regular increase in salary

the caterpillar of a moth that produces silk fibers used to make silk fabric