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vessels definition and meaning

n. A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.
n. A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
n. Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
n. Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
n. A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.
v. t. To put into a vessel.

Crossword clues for vessels

- Container For Holding Liquids
- Container for liquid
- Container for liquids
- Craft
- Craft container
- Cup or clipper
- From caves select wine container
- It can go in or around water
- micro blood tube
- Ocean liner
- Receptacle
- Ship
- Ship or large boat
- small blood tube
- Vein or artery
- Watercraft
- Yacht
- Arteries, blood ...
- Liners for containers
- Pots craft
- Ships