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{{also|vessél}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|vessell||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|vessel}}, {{m|enm|vessell}}, from {{der|en|fro|vaissel}} (compare modern {{cog|fr|vaisseau}} and {{cog|ca|vaixell}}), from {{der|en|LL.|vāscellum}}, diminutive of {{m|la|vāsculum}}, diminutive of {{m|la|vās|t=vase, vessel}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈvɛs.əl/|[ˈvɛsɫ̩]}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-vessel.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛsəl|s=2}}
<!-- 2 syllable words !-->

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|nautical}} Any [[craft]] designed for [[transportation]] on [[water]], such as a [[ship]] or [[boat]]. {{defdate|From c.1300}}
#: {{hypo|en|ship|boat|barge|raft|canoe|kayak}}<!--Not an exhaustive list, but worth capturing the cardinal examples, as usual for hypo-/hyper- relations.-->
#* {{RQ:Defoe Robinson Crusoe|passage=But my hope was, that if I stood along this coast till I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their '''vessels''' upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in.}}
#* {{RQ:Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues|chapter=I|page=3|passage=Merchants, common sailors, captains of '''vessels''', skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1905|author=H. G. Wells|title=The Empire of the Ants
|passage=He saw now clearly that the sole crew of the '''vessel''' was these two dead men, and though he could not see their faces, he saw by their outstretched hands, which were all of ragged flesh, that they had been subjected to some strange exceptional process of decay.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2012-03| author=William E. Carter; Merri Sue Carter| title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered| volume=100| issue=2| page=87| magazine=w:American Scientist| url=http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/the-british-longitude-act-reconsidered| passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval '''vessels''' at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.}}
# A craft designed for transportation through [[air]] or [[space]]. {{defdate|From 1915}}
#: {{hypo|en|spaceship|ship}}
#* {{quote-video game|en|developer=w:BioWare|title={{w|Mass Effect (video game)|Mass Effect}}|genre=[[science fiction|Science Fiction]]|location=Redwood City|publisher=Electronic Arts|year=2008|system=PC|scene=Quarians Codex entry|isbn=9780784546642|oclc=246633669|passage=Driven from their home system by the geth nearly three centuries ago, most quarians now live aboard the Migrant Fleet, a flotilla of fifty thousand '''vessels''' ranging in size from passenger shuttles to mobile space stations.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|obsolete|or|dialectal}} [[dish|Dishes]] and [[cutlery]] collectively, especially if made of precious metals. {{defdate|c.1300–c.1600}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1523|translator=Jean Froissart|author=John Bourchier|title=Here begynneth the first volum of sir Iohan Froyssart : of the cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretayne, Flauders: and other places adioynynge.
|passage=All his '''Vessell''' was of golde and siluer, pottis, basons, ewers, dysshes, flagons, barels, cuppes, and all other thyngis.}}
# A [[container]] of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, [[goblet]], [[cup]], [[bottle]], [[bowl]], or pitcher. {{defdate|From c.1300}}
# A [[person]] as a container of qualities or feelings. {{defdate|From 1382}}
#: {{ux|en|A teacher should be a '''vessel''' of knowledge.}}
#* {{RQ:KJV|Acts|ix|15|passage=He is a chosen '''vessel''' unto me.}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=8|passage=[The serpent] fit '''vessel''', fittest imp of fraud, in whom to enter.|year=1873}}
#* '''1975''', {{w|Dolly Parton}}, ''The Seeker'' lyrics:
#*: I am a '''vessel''' that’s empty and useless / I am a bad seed that fell by the way.
# {{lb|en|biology}} A tube or canal that carries [[fluid]] in an animal or plant. {{defdate|From 1398}}
#: {{hypo|en|blood vessel|lymph vessel}}
#: {{ux|en|Blood and lymph '''vessels''' are found in humans; xylem and phloem '''vessels''' are found in plants.}}

====Synonyms====
* See also [[Thesaurus:vessel]]

====Hyponyms====
{{col3|en|
|bomb vessel
|blood vessel
|broken vessel
|cargo vessel
|coasting vessel
|communicating vessel
|Dewar vessel
|dorsal vessel
|exvessel
|fishing vessel|expansion vessel
|great vessel
|lightvessel
|lymph vessel
|lymphatic vessel
|macrovessel
|microvessel
|motor vessel
|multivessel
|nanovessel
|neovessel
|ocean station vessel
|perivessel
|pressure vessel
|reaction vessel
|sailing vessel
|seed vessel
|star vessel
|supply vessel
|unvessel
|weaker vessel
}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en
|empty vessels make the most sound
|vessel element
|vessel flute
|vessel sink
|vesselful
|vesselness|collateral vessel|space vessel
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|craft}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|anë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|فُلْك|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|gəmi}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|судзі́на|f}}, {{t|be|су́дзіна|f}}, {{t|be|су́дна|n}}, {{t|be|карабе́ль|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|плава́телен съд|m}}, {{t+|bg|ко́раб|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|သင်္ဘော}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|vaixell}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|船隻}}, {{t+|cmn|船|tr=chuán}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|loď|f}}, {{t+|cs|plavidlo|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|fartøj|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vaartuig|n}}
* Faroese: {{t+|fo|far|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|alus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vaisseau|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|navío|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ხომალდი}}, {{t+|ka|გემი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schiff|n}}, {{t+|de|Boot|n}}, {{t+|de|Wasserfahrzeug|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σκάφος|n}}, {{t+|el|πλοίο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|πλοίον|n}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|વહાણ}}, {{t+|gu|જહાજ}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|जहाज़|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[vízi]] [[jármű]]}}, {{t+|hu|hajó}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|æð|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kapal}}, {{t+|id|perahu}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|alus}}, {{t|izh|laiva}}, {{t|izh|soimi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|vascello|m}}, {{t+|it|imbarcazione|f}}, {{t+|it|bastimento|m}}, {{t+|it|nave|f}}, {{t+|it|barca|f}}, {{t+|it|barcone|m}}, {{t+|it|chiatta|f}}, {{t+|it|transatlantico|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|船舶|tr=せんぱく, senpaku}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|кеме}}, {{t|kk|қайық}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|នាវា}}, {{t+|km|ភេត្រា}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|배}}, {{t+|ko|선박(船舶)}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|кеме}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ກໍ່າປັ່ນ}}, {{t+|lo|ເຮືອ}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пло́вило|n}}, {{t|mk|ко́раб|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kapal}}, {{t+|ms|bot}}
* Maori: {{t+|mi|waka}}
* Nahuatl:
*: Classical: {{t|nci|acalli}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|tsin naaʼeeł}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|fartøy|n}}, {{t|nb|farkost|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|fartøy|n}}, {{t|nn|farkost|m}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|судьно|n}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کَشتی|tr=kašti}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|statek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|barco|m}}, {{t+|pt|navio|m}}, {{t+|pt|embarcação|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|ambarcațiune|f}}, {{t+|ro|vas|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|су́дно|n}}, {{t+|ru|кора́бль|m}}
* Sardinian:
*: Logudorese: {{t|sc|feluga}}, {{t|sc|filuga}}, {{t|sc|feluca}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|бро̑д|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|brȏd|m}}
* Skolt Sami: {{t|sms|leˊtt}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|loď|f}}, {{t|sk|plavidlo|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|plovilo|n}}, {{t+|sl|ladja|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|embarcación|f}}, {{t+|es|barco|m}}, {{t+|es|casco|m}}, {{t+|es|bajel|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fartyg|n}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|киштӣ}}, {{t|tg|кема}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ఓడ}}
* Ternate: {{t|tft|oti}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เรือ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|tekne}}, {{t+|tr|gemi}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|gämi}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|судно́|n}}, {{t+|uk|корабе́ль|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|جَہاز|m|tr=jahāz}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|كېمە}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|kema}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|thuyền lớn}}, {{t+|vi|tàu thuỷ}}, {{t+|vi|tàu}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|llestr|m}}, {{t+|cy|cwch|m}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|doaze}}
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{{trans-top|container}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|وِعَاء|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|անոթ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|vas|n}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|һауыт}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|пасу́дзіна|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|съд|m}}, {{t+|bg|съдина|f}}
* Buryat: {{t|bua|һаба}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|recipient}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|容器|tr=róngqì}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|nádoba|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vat|n}}, {{t+|nl|hulsel|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|vazo}}, {{t+|eo|ingo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|astia}}, {{t+|fi|säiliö}}
* French: {{t+|fr|recipient|m|alt=récipient}}, {{t+|fr|vaisseau|m}}, {{t+|fr|vase|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|vasilla|f}}, {{t|gl|perfia|f}}, {{t+|gl|recipiente|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ჭურჭელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gefäß|n}}, {{t+|de|Behälter|m}}, {{t+|de|Behältnis|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σκεύος|n}}, {{t+|el|δοχείο|n}}, {{t+|el|αγγείο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|σκεῦος|n}}, {{t|grc|ἀγγεῖον|n}}, {{t|grc|ἄγγος|n}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|વાસણ}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|כְּלִי|m|tr=kli}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पात्र|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|edény}}, {{t+|hu|tál}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|vazo}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|leastar|m}}, {{t|ga|áras|m}}, {{t|ga|galún|m}}, {{t|ga|soitheach|m}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|lestar|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|recipiente|m}}, {{t+|it|contenitore|m}}, {{t+|it|brocca|f}}, {{t+|it|caraffa|f}}, {{t|it|bricco|m}}, {{t|it|cuccuma|f}}, {{t+|it|boccale|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|容器|tr=ようき, yōki}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|ыдыс}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|그릇}}, {{t+|ko|용기}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|тамур}}, {{t|kum|савут}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|идиш}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|trauks}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|vās|n}}, * Latin: {{t|la|receptāculum|n}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|trauks}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|сад|m}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|കലം}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|puoto}}, {{t+|mi|oko}}, {{t|mi|peihana}}, {{t|mi|tīhake}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|भांडे|n}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|сав}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|ظرف|tr=zarf}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Behelta|m}}, {{t|pdt|Jefäss|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|naczynie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vasilha|f}}, {{t+|pt|vaso|m}}, {{t+|pt|reservatório|m}}, {{t+|pt|recipiente|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|recipient}}, {{t+|ro|vas|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сосу́д|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|nádoba|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|posoda|f}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|тамыр}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|recipiente|m}}, {{t+|es|receptáculo|m}}, {{t+|es|vaso|m}}, {{t+|es|vasija|f}}, {{t+|es|recinto}}, {{t+|es|cascajo}} {{qualifier|broken|useless}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|behållare|c}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|зарф}}, {{t|tg|ҷогаҳ}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|పాత్ర}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ภาชนะ}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|lwāke}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kap}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|посу́дина|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ظرف|tr=zarf}}, {{t|ur|باسَن|m}}, {{t|ur|بَرْتَن|m}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|idish}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|vò}}, {{t+|vi|hũ}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|llestr|m}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|fet}}, {{t|fy|bokse}}
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{{trans-top|tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|وِعَاء|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|անոթ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|damar}}
* Bashkir: {{qualifier|blood vessel}} {{t|ba|тамыр}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|су́дзіна|f}}, {{t|be|судзі́на|f}}, {{t|be|сасу́д|m}}, {{t|be|пасу́дзіна|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|съд|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|vas}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|管|tr=guǎn}}, {{qualifier|blood vessel}} {{t+|cmn|血管|tr=xuèguǎn, xiěguǎn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|céva|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vat|n}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|soon}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|suoni}} {{qualifier|animal}}; {{t+|fi|putkilo}} {{qualifier|plant}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vaisseau|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|vaso}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ჭურჭელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gefäß|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αγγείο|n}}
* Gujarati: {{t+|gu|નસ}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|नस|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|véredény}}, {{t+|hu|ér}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|æð|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|vaso|m}}
* Japanese: {{qualifier|blood vessel}} {{t+|ja|血管|tr=けっかん, kekkan}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|тамыр}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|សរសៃ}}, {{t+|km|ស្នាយុ}}, {{t+|km|នហារុ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|관}}, {{t+|ko|혈관}} {{qualifier|blood vessel}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|тамыр}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ເສັ້ນເລືອດ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|vads|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|gysla|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|сад|m}}, {{t|mk|жи́ла|f}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|रक्तवाहिनी|f}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|судас}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|آوند|tr=âvand}}, {{t+|fa|رگ|tr=rag}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|naczynie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vaso|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|vas|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сосу́д|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|су̑д|m}}, {{t|sh|жи̏ла|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|sȗd|m}}, {{t+|sh|žȉla|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|cieva|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|žíla|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|vaso|m}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|раг}}, {{t|tg|ованд}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|тамыр}}
* Thai: {{qualifier|blood vessel}} {{t|th|เส้นเลือด}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|mambu}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|damar}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|damar}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|суди́на|f}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|تومۇر}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|tomir}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|llestr|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|mạch}}
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===Verb===
{{en-verb|++|pres_ptc2=vesseling|pres_ptc2_qual=US|past2=vesseled|past2_qual=US}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To put into a vessel.
#* '''1577''', [[w:William Harrison (priest)|William Harrison]], ''The Description of England'' in ''{{w|Holinshed’s Chronicles}}'', Volume 1, Book 3, Chapter 12 “Of venemous beastes &c.,”<sup>[http://english.nsms.ox.ac.uk/holinshed/texts.php?text1=1577_0089]</sup>
#*: Our hony alſo is taken and reputed to be the beſt bycauſe it is harder, better wrought & clenlyer veſſelled vp, thẽ that which cõmeth from beyond the ſea, where they ſtampe and ſtraine their combes, Bées, & young Blow|inges altogither into the ſtuffe, as I haue béene informed.
#* '''1627''', {{w|Francis Bacon}}, ''Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie'', London: W. Lee, Cent. VI, section 529, p. 137,<sup>[https://archive.org/details/1627sylvasylvarv00baco]</sup>
#*: The fourth Rule ſhall be, to marke what ''Herbs, ſome Earths doe put fourth of themſelves''; And to take that ''Earth'', and to ''Pot'' it, or to '''''Veſſell''''' it; And in that to ſet the ''Seed'' you would change {{...}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1662|author=[[w:John Heydon (astrologer)|John Heydon]]|title=The Harmony of the World|location=London|publisher=Robert Horn|section=Epistle Dedicatory|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100241664
|passage=Man had at the firſt, and ſo have all ſouls before their entrance into the body, an explicite methodicall knowledge, but they are no ſooner '''veſſel’d''', but that liberty is loſt, and nothing remains but a vaſt confuſed notion of the creature {{...}}}}
#* '''2009''', Reaper (TV series), 2nd season, episode known as ''The Home Stretch'':
#*: [Samuel 'Sam' Oliver:] Alright (''or:'' All right), so the Devil didn't say that the winner was the one who '''vesseled''' (''or:'' '''vesselled''') him, just the one who sends him back to hell.

===References===
* {{R:Webster NCD 1974}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eelssv|-selves|selves}}

{{topics|en|Containers}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm| vescel|vessell|fessell|vessall|vesel|vessayle|fessel|wessell|ffessell}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|enm|fro|vaissel}}, {{m|fro|vessel}}, from {{der|enm|LL.|vāscellum}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈvɛsɛl/|/ˈvɛsəl/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|vessels|pl2=vessel}}

# A container or vessel; a box for storage:
## A {{l|en|vessel}}; any open container used in the kitchen:
### {{lb|enm|by extension}} A decorative container; a vase used for adornment.
### {{lb|enm|by extension}} A piece of cookware; a container used for cooking.
### {{lb|enm|by extension}} Any sort of kitchen tool or utensil.
## A container used for the storage of medicines; a pharmaceutical container.
## Any object, especially a container, used in religious ceremonies or rituals.
## A large container or vat used for bulk storage.
## {{lb|enm|alchemy}} Alchemical equipment, ware, or tools.
## Traveling equipment; travel gear.
# In several anatomical senses:
## {{lb|enm|figurative}} A human being or the body of a human being.
## Blood vessels; the tubes that blood travels in.
## Any sort of tube, duct or canal in the body {{gloss|e.g. the intestines}}
## {{lb|enm|figurative|rare}} The [[heart]] {{gloss|as the seat of feelings}}.
# A seafaring vessel; a boat or ship.
# {{lb|enm|mainly Biblical}} A machine, device, or method.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|enm|vesselling}}
* {{l|enm|vesselment}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|vessel}}
* {{desc|sco|veshel}}
* {{desc|yol|veseal}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=vessel |pos=n   |id=MED51057 |accessdate=2018-07-20}}

{{topics|enm|Anatomy|Containers|Cookware and bakeware|Cutlery|Medical equipment|Medicine|People|Religion|Watercraft}}