Definition of Vessel

Babylon English
vessel
n. large craft made for navigation on water, boat, ship; container, receptacle (especially for holding liquids); tubular duct through which bodily fluids flow (e.g. blood vessel); one who has or demonstrates a certain quality

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Vessel Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

BTS Transportation Expressions
Vessel
Tankers used to transport crude oil and petroleum products. Vessel categories are as follows: Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC), Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), Other Tanker, and Specialty Ships Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)/Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). (DOE5)
Every description of watercraft, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water. (49CFR171)
See also Boat, Barge, General Cargo Ship, Motorboat, Towboat, Tugboat.


Vessel Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Vessel
(v. t.)
To put into a vessel.
  
(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.
  
(n.)
Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
  
(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.
  
(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.
  
(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.
  

WordNet 2.0
vessel

Noun
1. a tube in which a body fluid circulates
(synonym) vas
(hypernym) tube, tube-shaped structure
(hyponym) blood vessel
(part-holonym) vascular system
2. a craft designed for water transportation
(synonym) watercraft
(hypernym) craft
(hyponym) bareboat
(part-meronym) anchor, ground tackle
(class) clinch, clench
3. an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
(hypernym) container
(hyponym) autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser
(part-meronym) base

Anagram
vessel
      selves

hEnglish - advanced version
vessel

vessel
\ves"sel\, n. [of. vessel, veissel, vaissel, vaissiel, f. vascellum, dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. cf. vascular, vase.]
1. 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. [they drank] out of these noble vessels.
2. 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. [he] began to build a vessel of huge bulk.
3. 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. he is a chosen vessel unto me. x. 15. [the serpent] fit vessel, fittest imp of fraud, in whom to enter.
4. (anat.) any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
5. (bot.) a continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (trache?), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.


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 milk vessel 
 bomb vessel 
 air vessel 
 weaker vessel 
 to drop a vessel 
 lymphatic vessel 
 lymph vessel 
 to put a vessel into commission 
 silk vessel 
 tank vessel 
 to tend a vessel 
 to put a vessel out of commission 
 boat or vessel 
 dewar vessel 
 blood vessel 
 transport vessel 
 war vessel 
 to eat the wind out of a vessel 
 steam vessel 
 dorsal vessel 
 coasting vessel 
 to right a vessel 

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
vessel
soitheach, árthach m.

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Awyrell
Awyrell = n. an air vessel

Awyren
Awyren = n. air vessel, balloon

Cawnen
Cawnen = n. a straw vessel

Cregen
Cregen = n. an earthen vessel

Fflasged
Fflasged = n. a straw vessel

Gren
Gren = n. a large earthen vessel

Gwrn
Gwrn = n. a cone; an urn; a vessel tapering upwards

Llast
Llast = n. a receptable, a vessel

Llestr
Llestr = n. a vessel; a matrix

Llestryn
Llestryn = n. a small vessel

Mit
Mit = n. a shallow vessel

Pilg
Pilg = n. a vessel of bark; a laver

Pridden
Pridden = n. an earthen vessel



The 'Lectric Law Library
Vessel
Every kind of water and air craft or other contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, or on water and in the air, as well as any ship, boat, barge, or other water craft or any structure capable of floating on the water. 18 USC

A ship, brig, sloop or other craft used in navigation .

By an act of congress, approved July 29, 1850, it is provided that any person, not being an owner, who shall on the high seas, wilfully, with. intent to burn or destroy, set fire to any ship or other vessel, or otherwise attempt the destruction of such ship or other vessel, being the property of any citizen or citizens of the United States, or procure the same to be done, with the intent aforesaid, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall suffer imprisonment to hard labor, for a term not exceeding ten years, nor less than three years, according to the aggravation of the offence.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

Vessel, Unseaworthy
VESSEL, UNSEAWORTHY - If the vessel, or any of its parts or equipment, is not reasonably fit for its intended purpose or if its crew is not reasonably adequate or competent to perform the work assigned.

Duhaime.org Legal Dictionary
Vessel
Watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. - (read more on Vessel)
  


Vessel Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

EIA Energy Glossary
Vessel
A ship used to transport crude oil, petroleum products, or natural gas products. Vessel categories are as follows: Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC), Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), Other Tanker, and Specialty Ship (LPG/LNG). See Tanker and Barge.


Vessel Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram)
Afferent vessel
A vessel carrying blood toward the heart. A vein or venule.


Vessel Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries

Environmental Engineering (English ver.)
VESSEL
(1) A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids. (2) (Nautical) A craft, especially one larger than a rowboat, designed to navigate on water.

The Scotch Whisky by SDA v.4.20
Fermenter
The vessel, normally with temperature control, for the fermentation process, made in wood or stainless steel.

Prefermenter
The preparation of a yeast culture, in a separate vessel (Yeast Propagator), before the final fermentation step.


Vessel Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

maritime&shipping&trade
Vessel
Defined by Merchant Shipping Act as "any ship or boat, or other description of vessel, used in navigation".


Vessel Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
vessel
navis navis


Vessel Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan
Vessel (ship)
hali

English - Klingon
vessel
n. Duj


Vessel Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Accad
a vessel; pitcher; spark
  


Vessel Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Dream Symbols
Vessel
Unclean: Reproductive system


Vessel Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Vessel
Vessel may refer to:

Vessel may also refer to:

  • Blood vessel, a part of the circulatory system and function to transport blood throughout the body
  • Lymph vessel, a thin walled, valved structure that carries lymph
  • Vessel element, a cell type found in xylem
  • Pressure vessel, a closed, rigid container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure different from the ambient pressure
  • Vacuum vessel, a pressure vessel where the pressure inside the vessel is lower than the ambient pressure
  • Vessel (song), a song by Nine inch nails.

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