A child is not a vessel for filling, but a fire to light.
Source: tatoeba (2069)
Vessel
//ˈvɛs.əl//
Synonyms for "vessel" (212 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (63)
destroyer leaderdestroyer tenderdhowdispatch boatdreadnoughtdromondducteagle boateggcupemunctoryescort carrierescort vesseleustachian tubefallopian tubefire shipfirst-ratefishing smackfistulaflagshipflattie
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flattopfour-masted barkfour-masterfrigatefuel shipgaliotgalleassgalleonglassgobletguided missile cruisergunboatheavy cruiserhighball glassholderhookerhornhospital shiphoyhulkhullice yachtintestineintestinesironcladjiggerjunkkeelkeelboatketchknockaboutlanding craftlateenlateenerlcleviathanliberty boatlight cruiserline-of-battle shiplorchaloving cuplsdlsm
Related words (106)
luggermeatusmine sweeperminisubmonitormosquito boatmugnobbynogginocean racerostiumoutriggeroviductpacketpatrol boatpicketboatpilot boatpinnacepiraguapirogue
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ponyporepramprivateerprotected cruiserpungyracing yachtraiderramreceiverreceiving shipreceptaclereconnaissance shipriggerrocket boatsailing auxiliarysailing canoesailing dinghysailing packetsailing trawlersalpinxsampansandbaggerscschoonerschooperscooterscoutscout cruiserseaplane carriershallopsharpieshellshipship of warshipentineshipplane carriershot glassskipjacksloopsmacksmack boatsnowspy shipsteinstoreshipstorm boatsubmarinesubmarine chasersubmarine patrol boatsubmarine tendersubmersiblesuperdreadnoughtsweepertankardtankertartantassieteacuptenderthoracic ducttopsail schoonertracheatransporttrimarantroopshiptubtumblerturret shipureterurethrautensilvaginavaswarshipwatercraftwell smackwhalerwineglasswool-clipperxebecyachtyawl
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56 entriesShowing 16 of 56 words.
Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
8 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
8 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
5 entriesmeronym
2 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
81 entriesShowing 16 of 81 words.
used for
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
292 translations across 90 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- anë noun (craft)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- πλοίον noun (craft)
- σκεῦος noun (container)
- ἀγγεῖον noun (container)
- ἄγγος noun (container)
Arabic
3 entries- فُلْك noun (craft)
- وِعَاء noun (container)
- وِعَاء noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Armenian
2 entries- անոթ noun (container)
- անոթ noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Aromanian
1 entries- vas noun (container)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- damar noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- gəmi noun (craft)
Bashkir
2 entries- тамыр noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- һауыт noun (container)
Belarusian
4 entries- карабе́ль noun (craft)
- пасу́дзіна noun (container)
- пасу́дзіна noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- сасу́д noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ко́раб noun (craft)
- плава́телен съд noun (craft)
- съд noun (container)
- съд noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Burmese
1 entries- သင်္ဘော noun (craft)
Buryat
1 entries- һаба noun (container)
Catalan
3 entries- recipient noun (container)
- vaixell noun (craft)
- vas noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 容器 noun (container)
- 管 noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- 船 noun (craft)
- 船隻 /船只 noun (craft)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- acalli noun (craft)
Czech
4 entries- céva noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- loď noun (craft)
- nádoba noun (container)
- plavidlo noun (craft)
Danish
1 entries- fartøj noun (craft)
Dutch
4 entries- hulsel noun (container)
- vaartuig noun (craft)
- vat noun (container)
- vat noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Esperanto
2 entries- ingo noun (container)
- vazo noun (container)
Estonian
1 entries- soon noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Faroese
1 entries- far noun (craft)
Finnish
4 entries- alus noun (craft)
- astia noun (container)
- putkilo noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- suoni noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
French
4 entries- récipient noun (container)
- vaisseau noun (craft)
- vaisseau noun (container)
- vaisseau noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Galician
4 entries- navío noun (craft)
- perfia noun (container)
- recipiente noun (container)
- vasilla noun (container)
Georgian
4 entries- გემი noun (craft)
- ჭურჭელი noun (container)
- ჭურჭელი noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- ხომალდი noun (craft)
German
4 entries- Behälter noun (container)
- Behältnis noun (container)
- Boot noun (craft)
- Gefäß noun (container)
Greek
4 entries- αγγείο noun (container)
- αγγείο noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- δοχείο noun (container)
- πλοίο noun (craft)
Gujarati
4 entries- જહાજ noun (craft)
- નસ noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- વહાણ noun (craft)
- વાસણ noun (container)
Hebrew
1 entries- כְּלִי noun (container)
Hindi
4 entries- नस noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- पात्र noun (container)
- पोत noun (craft)
- बर्तन noun (container)
Hungarian
4 entries- edény noun (container)
- hajó noun (craft)
- tál noun (container)
- véredény noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Icelandic
2 entries- æð noun (craft)
- æð noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Ido
1 entries- vazo noun (container)
Indonesian
2 entries- kapal noun (craft)
- perahu noun (craft)
Ingrian
3 entries- alus noun (craft)
- laiva noun (craft)
- soimi noun (craft)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- آوَنْد noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- رَگ noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- ظَرْف noun (container)
- کَشْتی noun (craft)
Irish
4 entries- galún noun (container)
- leastar noun (container)
- soitheach noun (container)
- áras noun (container)
Italian
4 entries- barca noun (craft)
- barcone noun (craft)
- bastimento noun (craft)
- boccale noun (container)
Japanese
3 entries- 容器 noun (container)
- 船舶 noun (craft)
- 血管 noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Kazakh
4 entries- кеме noun (craft)
- тамыр noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- ыдыс noun (container)
- қайық noun (craft)
Khmer
4 entries- នហារុ noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- នាវា noun (craft)
- ភេត្រា noun (craft)
- សរសៃ noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Korean
4 entries- 관 noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- 그릇 noun (container)
- 배 noun (craft)
- 선박 noun (craft)
Kumyk
2 entries- савут noun (container)
- тамур noun (container)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- идиш noun (container)
- кеме noun (craft)
- тамыр noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Lao
3 entries- ກໍ່າປັ່ນ noun (craft)
- ເສັ້ນເລືອດ noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- ເຮືອ noun (craft)
Latgalian
1 entries- trauks noun (container)
Latin
2 entries- Latin: receptāculum noun (container)
- vās noun (container)
Latvian
2 entries- trauks noun (container)
- vads noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gysla noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Macedonian
4 entries- жи́ла noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- ко́раб noun (craft)
- пло́вило noun (craft)
- сад noun (container)
Malay
2 entries- bot noun (craft)
- kapal noun (craft)
Malayalam
1 entries- കലം noun (container)
Marathi
2 entries- भांडे noun (container)
- रक्तवाहिनी noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Mongolian
3 entries- сав noun (container)
- судас noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Māori
4 entries- oko noun (container)
- peihana noun (container)
- puoto noun (container)
- tīhake noun (container)
Navajo
1 entries- tsin naaʼeeł noun (craft)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- farkost noun (craft)
- fartøy noun (craft)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- farkost noun (craft)
- fartøy noun (craft)
Occitan
2 entries- recipient noun (container)
- vaissèl noun (craft)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- судьно noun (craft)
Old Irish
1 entries- lestar noun (container)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تكنه noun (craft)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Behelta noun (container)
- Jefäss noun (container)
Polish
3 entries- naczynie noun (container)
- naczynie noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- statek noun (craft)
Portuguese
4 entries- barco noun (craft)
- embarcação noun (craft)
- navio noun (craft)
- recipiente noun (container)
Romanian
4 entries- ambarcațiune noun (craft)
- recipient noun (container)
- vas noun (craft)
- vas noun (container)
Russian
4 entries- кора́бль noun (craft)
- сосу́д noun (container)
- сосу́д noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- су́дно noun (craft)
Sardinian
3 entries- feluca noun (craft)
- feluga noun (craft)
- filuga noun (craft)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- brȏd noun (craft)
- sȗd noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- žȉla noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- бро̑д noun (craft)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- leˊtt noun (craft)
Slovak
4 entries- cieva noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- loď noun (craft)
- nádoba noun (container)
- plavidlo noun (craft)
Slovene
4 entries- ladja noun (craft)
- plovilo noun (craft)
- posoda noun (container)
- žíla noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тамыр noun (container)
Spanish
4 entries- bajel noun (craft)
- barco noun (craft)
- cascajo noun (container)
- casco noun (craft)
Swedish
2 entries- behållare noun (container)
- fartyg noun (craft)
Tajik
4 entries- зарф noun (container)
- кема noun (craft)
- киштӣ noun (craft)
- ованд noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Tatar
1 entries- тамыр noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Telugu
2 entries- ఓడ noun (craft)
- పాత్ర noun (container)
Ternate
1 entries- oti noun (craft)
Thai
3 entries- ภาชนะ noun (container)
- เรือ noun (craft)
- เส้นเลือด noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Tocharian B
1 entries- lwāke noun (container)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- mambu noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Turkish
4 entries- damar noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- gemi noun (craft)
- kap noun (container)
- tekne noun (craft)
Turkmen
2 entries- damar noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- gämi noun (craft)
Ukrainian
4 entries- корабе́ль noun (craft)
- посу́дина noun (container)
- суди́на noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- судно́ noun (craft)
Urdu
4 entries- باسَن noun (container)
- بَرْتَن noun (container)
- جَہاز noun (craft)
- ظَرْف noun (container)
Uyghur
2 entries- تومۇر noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- كېمە noun (craft)
Uzbek
3 entries- idish noun (container)
- kema noun (craft)
- tomir noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
Vietnamese
4 entries- hũ noun (container)
- mạch noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
- thuyền lớn noun (craft)
- tàu noun (craft)
Welsh
4 entries- cwch noun (craft)
- llestr noun (craft)
- llestr noun (container)
- llestr noun (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
West-Frisian
3 entries- bokse noun (container)
- doaze noun (craft)
- fet noun (container)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
The vessel was loaded with coal, lumber, and so on.
Source: tatoeba (45713)
A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.
Source: tatoeba (71703)
Extra special treatment is imperative to get the vessel through government red tape, so that she can leave port on time.
Source: tatoeba (282814)
Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.
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