vessel

Vessel stands for

• a container or device in which liquid or granular substances are stored, see container  - there also for the origin of the word
• in the artisan sense for cans , jugs , jugs , bowls , vases , urns etc.

• generally a cavity in the life sciences, see conduction path
• in medical anatomy blood and lymph vessels , see vessel (anatomy)
• in botanical anatomy a cavity that serves to transport water and nutrient salts, see trachee (plant)
• the handle of edged weapons such as rapiers or sabers, see vessel (weapon)

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Wiktionary: vessel  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• cavity
• Vessel experiment in plant cultivation and soil science

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.