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flask

Pronunciation: (flask, fläsk), [key]
—n.
1. a bottle, usually of glass, having a rounded body and a narrow neck, used esp. in laboratory experimentation.
2. a flat metal or glass bottle for carrying in the pocket: a flask of brandy.
3. an iron container for shipping mercury, holding a standard commercial unit of 76 lb. (34 kg).
4. Metall.a container into which sand is rammed around a pattern to form a mold.

flask

Pronunciation: (flask, fläsk), [key]
—n. Ordn.
1. the armored plates making up the sides of a gun-carriage trail.
2. Obs.the bed of a gun carriage.

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