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flask

/flɑːsk/noun

उच्चारण फ़्लास्क

फ़्लास्क

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a bottle with a narrow top, used in scientific work; a container that keeps liquids hot or cold

    फ़्लास्क

    • a tea flask
    • The student poured the solution into a glass flask.
    • He filled a flask with hot tea for the journey.
    + 1 more example
    • A flask of coffee kept us warm at the cricket match.

    Synonyms bottle thermos vessel

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

flask (lab bottle)

In science a flask is a glass bottle with a narrow neck, such as a conical flask or a round-bottomed flask.

विज्ञान में flask संकरी गर्दन वाली काँच की बोतल है, जैसे conical flask या round-bottomed flask।

  • The student heated the liquid in a conical flask.
  • Pour the solution into the flask carefully.

flask (insulated container)

A vacuum flask or thermos keeps drinks hot or cold. People carry a flask of tea.

Vacuum flask या thermos पेय को गर्म या ठंडा रखता है। लोग a flask of tea साथ रखते हैं।

  • He carried a flask of tea to the cricket match.

a flask of + liquid

Flask is followed by of for what it holds: a flask of coffee, a flask of water.

Flask में जो द्रव हो उसके लिए 'of' आता है: a flask of coffee।

  • She filled a flask of hot milk for the journey.

hip flask / flask in a pocket

A hip flask is a small flat flask, often for alcohol, carried in a pocket. In India the flask is more often a steel or vacuum flask.

Hip flask जेब में रखी जाने वाली छोटी चपटी flask है। भारत में प्रायः स्टील या वैक्यूम flask होती है।

  • Radhika packed a steel flask of hot water in the school bag.
+Collocations 4

type + flask

conicalvacuumround-bottomedsteelglass

  • A conical flask is used for titration in the lab.

verb + flask

fillshakeheatcorkrinse

  • Rinse the flask with distilled water.

flask + of + liquid

flask of teaflask of coffeeflask of soupflask of water

  • Grandfather's flask of tea lasted all morning.

flask + preposition

in a flaskfrom a flaskinto a flaskinside the flask

  • The tea stayed hot in the flask until evening.
“More examples 6
  • The teacher warned the class not to drop the glass flask.

अध्यापिका ने कक्षा को चेताया कि काँच का flask न गिराएँ।

  • He poured the hot tea from the flask into small cups.

उसने flask से गरम चाय छोटे कपों में डाली।

  • The experiment needed a flask, a burner and a thermometer.

प्रयोग के लिए एक flask, बर्नर और थर्मामीटर चाहिए था।

  • A vacuum flask keeps water cold for twelve hours.

वैक्यूम flask पानी को बारह घंटे ठंडा रखता है।

  • On the train she shared her flask of tea with the family opposite.

ट्रेन में उसने सामने बैठे परिवार के साथ अपनी flask की चाय बाँटी।

  • The scientist labelled the flask before putting it on the shelf.

वैज्ञानिक ने flask को शेल्फ़ पर रखने से पहले उस पर लेबल लगाया।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ She poured a flask water into the glass.

✓ She poured water from the flask into the glass.

Name the container with from, or say a flask of water.

पात्र बताने के लिए 'from' का प्रयोग करें, या 'a flask of water' कहें।

✗ He brought two flask of tea to the match.

✓ He brought two flasks of tea to the match.

After two, the countable noun flask must be plural.

Two के बाद countable noun 'flask' plural होना चाहिए।

≈Synonyms and antonyms
✓In the exam

General knowledge

Science: a vacuum flask (thermos) reduces heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation.

विज्ञान में vacuum flask (थर्मस) चालन, संवहन और विकिरण से ऊष्मा का स्थानांतरण घटाता है।