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5-letter words (2 found)

FLAKS,FLASK,

4-letter words (3 found)

ALFS,FLAK,KAFS,

3-letter words (9 found)

ALF,ALS,ASK,FAS,KAF,KAS,LAS,SAL,SKA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AL,AS,FA,KA,LA,

You can make 19 words from flask according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of flask

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Definitions and meaning of flask

flask

Etymology

From Middle English flask, flaske (“case, cask, keg”), from Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”) and Medieval Latin flascō (“bottle”); from Frankish *flaskā; whence also Dutch fles; both from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug”) (whence also German Low German Flaske, Fless, German Flasche, Danish flaske), from Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō (“flat”) (whence also Lithuanian plókščias, Czech ploský, Albanian flashkët), or from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”).

Sense 2 from Italian fiasco and sense 3 from Middle French flasque (“powder flask”), itself from Old Spanish flasco, frasco, both from Late Latin above.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fläsk, IPA(key): /ˈflɑːsk/
  • (General American) enPR: flăsk, IPA(key): /ˈflæsk/
  • Rhymes: -æsk

Noun

flask (plural flasks)

  1. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
  2. A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
  3. (sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
  4. (engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
  5. A bed in a gun carriage.
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  6. A nuclear flask, a large, secure lead-lined container for the transport of nuclear material.
  7. (Newfoundland) A small bottle of liquor.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Irish: fleasc
  • → Welsh: fflasg

Translations

Verb

flask (third-person singular simple present flasks, present participle flasking, simple past and past participle flasked)

  1. (dentistry) To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold.

Anagrams

  • falks, flaks

Danish

Verb

flask

  1. imperative of flaske

Dutch

Etymology

From French flasque (“flask”). Doublet with (native) fles (“bottle”), (through French) flacon (“flagon”) and (through Italian) fiasco (“fiasco”).

Noun

flask f (plural flasken, diminutive flaskje n)

  1. flask

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • flaske

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman flascon, from Frankish *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ. Reinforced by existing Old English flasce, from the same source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflask(ə)/

Noun

flask (plural flaskes) (rare)

  1. A small barrel for beer storage.
  2. A container for the storage of garments.

Related terms

  • flasket

Descendants

  • English: flask
  • Scots: flask, flas

References

  • “flask, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

  • flēsk

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flaiski. Cognates include Old English flǣsċ and Old Saxon flēsk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflaːsk/

Noun

flāsk n

  1. flesh

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Mooring: flååsch
  • Saterland Frisian: Flaask
  • West Frisian: fleis

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Source: wiktionary.org