Vase vs. Vessel

Vasenoun

An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

Vasenoun

(architecture) The body of the Corinthian capital.

Vasenoun

A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.

Vasenoun

A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.

Vasenoun

The calyx of a plant.

Vasenoun

an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers

Vase

A vase ( or ) is an open container. It can be made from a number of materials, such as ceramics, glass, non-rusting metals, such as aluminium, brass, bronze, or stainless steel.

Vesselnoun

(nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.

Vesselnoun

A craft designed for transportation through air or space.

Vesselnoun

Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.

Vesselnoun

A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.

Vesselnoun

A person as a container of qualities or feelings.

Vesselnoun

(biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.

Vesselverb

(transitive) To put into a vessel.

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 (tracheæ), 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.

Vesselnoun

a tube in which a body fluid circulates

Vesselnoun

a craft designed for water transportation

Vesselnoun

an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

Vesselnoun

a ship or large boat.

Vesselnoun

a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask.

Vesselnoun

(chiefly in biblical use) a person regarded as having or embodying a particular quality

Vesselnoun

a duct or canal holding or conveying blood or other fluid.

Vesselnoun

any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root.