a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat; an airship.
a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase, used for holding liquids or other contents.
a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, containing or conveying blood or some other body fluid. biology; zooology
a duct formed in the xylem, composed of connected cells that have lost their intervening partitions, that conducts water and mineral nutrients. botany.
a person regarded as a holder or receiver of something, especially something nonmaterial. a vessel of grace; a vessel of wrath.
