vessel
Definition (n)
1a: a container (such as a cask, bottle, kettle, cup, or bowl) for holding somethingb: a person into whom some quality (such as grace) is infused
2: a watercraft bigger than a rowboat
especially : SHIP sense 1
3a: a tube or canal (such as an artery) in which a body fluid is contained and conveyed or circulated
b: a conducting tube in the xylem of a vascular plant formed by the fusion and loss of end walls of a series of cells
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