phial

Speech parts

1. phial - Noun

2. phial - Verb

Meaning

A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.

To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vial ampoule ampule ampul alembic noggin bowl beaker caster goblet flagon can container bottle pitcher
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Hypernyms

bottle

Derivatives

phialed phialing

Examples

Lenin was sent into Russia by the Germans in the same way that you might send a phial containing a culture of typhoid or cholera to be poured into the water supply of a great city, and it worked with amazing accuracy. Winston Churchill

Close letter words and terms

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