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Definitions for Vessel

[1] a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
[2] an airship.
[3] a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase, used for holding liquids or other contents.
[4] Anatomy , Zoology . a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, containing or conveying blood or some other body fluid.
[5] Botany . a duct formed in the xylem, composed of connected cells that have lost their intervening partitions, that conducts water and mineral nutrients. Compare tracheid.
[6] a person regarded as a holder or receiver of something, especially something nonmaterial: a vessel of grace; a vessel of wrath.
[7] any object used as a container, esp for a liquid
[8] a passenger or freight-carrying ship, boat, etc
[9] an aircraft, esp an airship
[10] anatomy a tubular structure that transports such body fluids as blood and lymph
[11] botany a tubular element of xylem tissue consisting of a row of cells in which the connecting cell walls have broken down
[12] rare a person regarded as an agent or vehicle for some purpose or quality she was the vessel of the Lord

Words related to Vessel

craft, barge, boat, liner, tanker, bottom, bucket, can, bark, steamer, tub, utensil, urn, kettle, pitcher, basin, receptacle, pot, bateau

Words nearby Vessel

vespertine, vespiary, vespid, vespine, vespucci, vessel, vessel element, vest, vest-pocket, vest-pocket park, vesta

Origin of Vessel

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French vessel, va(i)ssel < Latin vāscellum, equivalent to vās (see vase) + -cellum diminutive suffix

Words that may be confused with Vessel

vassal, vessel

Other words from Vessel

ves·seled ; especially British , ves·selled , adjective
un·ves·seled , adjective

Word origin for Vessel

C13: from Old French vaissel, from Late Latin vascellum urn, from Latin vās vessel

Synonyms for Vessel

barge, boat, craft, liner, ocean liner, tanker, bark, bottom, bucket, can, steamer, tub, bateau