vessel
nounA hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids.
nounA craft, especially one larger than a rowboat, designed to navigate on water.
nounAn airship.
nounA duct, canal, or other tube that contains or conveys a body fluid.
nounOne of the tubular water-conducting structures of xylem, consisting of a series of vessel elements attached end to end and connected by perforations. Vessels are found in nearly all flowering plants.
nounA person seen as the agent or embodiment, as of a quality.
nounA utensil for holding liquors and other things, as a cask, a barrel, a bottle, a kettle, a pot, a cup, or a dish.
nounSpecifically, In metallurgy, the converter in which Bessemer steel is made. See
A ship; a craft of any kind: usually a larger craft than a boat, but in law often construed to mean any floating structure.