ALL meanings of vessels
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V v - noun vessels a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat. 1
- noun vessels an airship. 1
- noun vessels a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase, used for holding liquids or other contents. 1
- noun vessels Anatomy, Zoology. a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, containing or conveying blood or some other body fluid. 1
- noun vessels 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. 1
- noun vessels a person regarded as a holder or receiver of something, especially something nonmaterial: a vessel of grace; a vessel of wrath. 1
- noun vessels plural of vessel. 0