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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To put into a vessel. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. a tube in which a body fluid circulates Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. a craft designed for water transportation Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. an object used as a container (especially for liquids) Source: wordnet
  10. 10. Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids arecontained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins,lymphatics, etc. Source: adambom
  11. 11. n:100 n. a tube in which a body fluid circulates n. a craft designed for water transportation n. an object used as a container (especially for liquids) Source: ecdict

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