1. vessel
noun. ['ˈvɛsəl'] a craft designed for water transportation.
Synonyms
- fishing vessel
- strake
- iceboat
- splashboard
- watercraft
- prow
- patrol boat
- ship
- galley
- yacht
- bareboat
- patrol ship
- boat
- ice yacht
- fishing smack
- bilge keel
- bilge
- fore
- rudder
- ground tackle
- racing yacht
- anchor
- fishing boat
- scooter
- washboard
- sailing ship
- weather ship
- craft
- hull
- wale
- bow
- stem
- shrimper
Antonyms
- outfield
- noble
- incidental
- genuine
Etymology
- vaissel (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- vascellum (Latin)
Featured Games
Words that Rhyme with Vessel
- trestle
- tressel
- pressel
- graessle
- dressel
- wrestle
- wessell
- wessel
- vesel
- ressel
- nestle
- nessel
- messel
- kessle
- kessell
- kessel
- kesel
- hessel
- gessel
- gesell
- fessel
- estle
Example sentences of the word vessel
1. Preposition or subordinating conjunction
A sailing sloop and an authentic paddlewheel vessel invite visitors to experience travel modes from past eras.
2. Noun, singular or mass
A henna paste left undisturbed overnight in an iron vessel should be applied to the hair in a bun.
Quotes containing the word vessel
1. When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade but never seeing inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out.
- John Green, Paper Towns
2. The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.
- Scott Westerfeld
3. The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
- Plutarch
2. vessel
noun. ['ˈvɛsəl'] a tube in which a body fluid circulates.
Synonyms
- vascular system
- tube-shaped structure
- vas
- tube
Antonyms
- unfit
- unfortunate
- inadvisable
- disadvantageously
Etymology
- vaissel (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- vascellum (Latin)
3. vessel
noun. ['ˈvɛsəl'] an object used as a container (especially for liquids).
Synonyms
- ladle
- eye cup
- feeding bottle
- refractory pot
- monstrance
- tank
- bucket
- eyecup
- barrel
- container
- poacher
- mortar
- thurible
- butter churn
- muller
- storage tank
- censer
- pitcher
- steriliser
- sterilizer
- nursing bottle
- basin
- eyebath
- base
- tub
- pot
- churn
- urceole
- well
- brim
- crucible
- water jacket
- bathing tub
- flagon
- bowl
- melting pot
- cask
- pail
- drinking vessel
- boiler
- autoclave
- ewer
- lip
- drum
- bedpan
- metal drum
- ostensorium
- rim
- vat
- bone-ash cup
- retort
- jar
- bath
- steeper
- cupel
- bathtub
- tin
- bottle
Antonyms
- right
- superior
- stand still
- unhealthy
Etymology
- vaissel (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- vascellum (Latin)