What does VESSEL mean?
Definitions for VESSEL
ˈvɛs əlves·sel
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word VESSEL.
Princeton's WordNet
vessel, vasnoun
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
vessel, watercraftnoun
a craft designed for water transportation
vesselnoun
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
Wiktionary
vesselnoun
A general term for all kinds of craft designed for transportation on water, such as ships or boats.
vesselnoun
A container of liquid, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher
vesselnoun
A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
vesselnoun
A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
blood or lymph vessels in humans, xylem or phloem vessels in plants
Etymology: vaissel, from vascellum, diminutive of vasculum, diminutive of vas.
ChatGPT
vessel
A vessel generally refers to a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, like a bowl or cask. In maritime terms, it refers to a large watercraft or ship. In anatomical terms, it can refer to a tube or duct transporting fluid, like a blood vessel. The term can also describe a person or thing seen as a holder or receiver of a quality or as a channel for conveying something.
Webster Dictionary
Vesselnoun
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
Vesselnoun
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
Vesselnoun
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
Vesselnoun
any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc
Vesselnoun
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
Vesselverb
to put into a vessel
Etymology: [OF. vessel, veissel, vaissel, vaissiel, F. vaisseau, fr. L. vascellum, dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. Cf. Vascular, Vase.]
Wikidata
Vessel
Vessel is an official DVD/home-video released by Björk on January 13, 2003. It contains a live performance by Björk on the Debut tour, recorded live at the The Royalty Theatre in London in May 1994. The concert is interspersed by short interviews with Björk on the streets of London, including her singing an improvisation to the sound of a car alarm and her thoughts on moving from Reykjavík to London. The track "Atlantic" is a live version of a B-side that was released only on the cassette single of "Human Behaviour" and Japanese pressings of Debut. The short improvisation sung by Björk and her tour band at the start of the DVD is "Gail Biffen", an early version of the track "I Miss You". The 1994 VHS release was re-released on DVD in 2003. The video was also released on LaserDisc in Japan on May 10th, 1994, a US release was announced but later canceled.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Vessel
ves′el, n. a vase or utensil for holding something: a hollow structure made to float on water, used for conveyance, &c.: a tube in which fluids, as blood, &c., are contained: a person considered as an agent of God.—The weaker vessel, a phrase colloquially applied to a woman, in allusion to 1 Pet. iii. 7. [O. Fr. vessel (Fr. vaisseau)—L. vascellum, dim. of vas, a vase.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
vessel
A general name for all the different sorts of ships, boats, &c., navigated on the ocean or on rivers and canals.
Editors Contribution
vessel
A structure that conveys a form of fluid within the body of an animal, human being of other living organism.
The body has blood vessels and vessels that convey lymph also.
Submitted by MaryC on April 7, 2020
vessel
A type of transport
The vessel did remain on shore to refuel.
Submitted by MaryC on February 26, 2020
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
VESSEL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Vessel is ranked #42511 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Vessel surname appeared 510 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Vessel.
56.4% or 288 total occurrences were Black.
36.8% or 188 total occurrences were White.
2.9% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.1% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'VESSEL' in Nouns Frequency: #1405
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Anagrams for VESSEL »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of VESSEL in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of VESSEL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of VESSEL in a Sentence
Once we got it ashore with the help of another vessel, (the coastguard) scraped some of the goose barnacles off, and it just so happened the first place they scraped, they found the flag.
Maersk Line spokesman Michael Storgaard:
Our paramount concern remains the safety of the crew and the safe release of the vessel. We will continue to do everything we can to resolve this matter with the relevant Iranian authorities.
Using Brain Imaging, we found that women with a history of sexual assault have greater white matter hyperintensities in the brain, which is an indicator of small vessel disease that has been linked to stroke, dementia, cognitive decline and mortality.
Scott Westerfeld, Peeps, 2005:
The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.
The Martin Act is a nearly empty vessel into which the AG can pour virtually any content that he wants.
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Translations for VESSEL
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- وعاءArabic
- һауыт, тамырBashkir
- loď, nádoba, cévaCzech
- fartøjDanish
- Schiff, Behältnis, Gefäß, Behälter, BootGerman
- πλοίο, σκεύος, σκάφος, αγγείο, δοχείοGreek
- vazoEsperanto
- recipiente, embarcación, barco, vasija, receptáculo, vaso, casco, recintoSpanish
- آوند, رگPersian
- putkilo, säiliö, alus, astia, suoniFinnish
- farFaroese
- recipient, vaisseau, navire, vaseFrench
- पतीलाHindi
- hajó, edény, vízi jármű, tálHungarian
- vazoIdo
- recipiente, vascello, imbarcazione, contenitore, vasoItalian
- כליHebrew
- 血管, 船舶, 容器Japanese
- 그릇, 선박, 배, 船舶Korean
- vasLatin
- waka, puotoMāori
- пловило, садMacedonian
- fartøyNorwegian
- vat, vaartuig, hulselDutch
- fartøyNorwegian Nynorsk
- tsin naaʼeełNavajo, Navaho
- naczynie, statekPolish
- vaso, recipiente, vasilha, barco, embarcação, reservatório, navioPortuguese
- ambarcațiune, recipient, vasRomanian
- сосуд, судно, корабльRussian
- nádoba, loďSlovak
- fartyg, behållareSwedish
- పాత్ర, ఓడTelugu
- GemiTurkish
- שיףYiddish
- 船只Chinese
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