Meaning of vessel In English

• 0 a large boat or a ship:

  • a cargo/fishing/naval/patrol/sailing/supply vessel

• 1 a curved container that is used to hold liquid:

  • The remains of some Roman earthenware vessels were found during the dig.

• 2 a person who has a particular quality or who is used for a particular purpose:

  • As a young and spirited politician, he seems a worthy vessel for the nation's hopes.

• 3 a tube that carries liquids such as blood through the body:

  • A heart attack is caused by the blood vessels that supply the blood to the heart muscle getting blocked.

• 4 a large boat or ship:

  • A scattering of vessels anchored in the harbor.

• 5 a container used to hold liquids:

  • We used bowls, pots, bottles, pitchers – any vessels we could find.

• 6 a tube that carries liquid, esp. blood, through the body:

  • Blood clots clogged the vessels.

• 7 a large boat or a ship:

  • Two tugboats guided the 70,000 ton vessel into port.

  • a cargo/container/freight vessel

  • a commercial/merchant/naval vessel

  • a salvage/supply vessel

  • a fishing/patrol/research vessel

  • an ocean-going/sea-going vessel