A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids, Botany One of the tubular water-conducting structures of xylem, consisting of a series of vessel elements attached end to end and connected by perforations. Vessels are found in nearly all flowering plants, A utensil for holding liquors and other things, as a cask, a barrel, a bottle, a kettle, a pot, a cup, or a dish, verb_ obsolete, transitive To put into a vessel

Ware, such as vases, pots, bowls, or plates, shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat, Imitations of the true Palissy ware, made by modern manufacturers, and often extremely successful, so as to be deceptive, The place where earthen vessels are made, adjective_ Having to do with pottery

an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers