Flasche — meaning in English

English meaning

• bottle noun A container, usually glass or plastic, with a narrow neck, used for holding liquids.
• flask noun A narrow-necked container, usually of metal or glass, used to hold and carry liquids.
• jerk verb To move suddenly and sharply, often without control.

Senses

Flasche is used for these senses in English:

• bottle The contents of such a container.
• bottle (figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
• flask A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
• jerk (originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

bottle — full definition

1. noun A container, usually glass or plastic, with a narrow neck, used for holding liquids.
2. noun A container with a nipple used to feed liquid, especially milk or formula, to a baby.
3. noun (British, informal) Nerve or courage.
4. verb To put a liquid into bottles for storage or sale.
5. verb To hold back or suppress feelings instead of expressing them, especially in "bottle up."

flask — full definition

1. noun A narrow-necked container, usually of metal or glass, used to hold and carry liquids.
2. noun A piece of laboratory glassware with a narrow neck and wider base, used to hold and mix liquids.

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