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Vessel

Meanings and phrases

vessel

n.

1. a tube in which a body fluid circulates; vas
2. a craft designed for water transportation; watercraft
3. an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

arterial blood vessel

n.

1. a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body; artery; arteria

blood vessel

n.

1. a vessel in which blood circulates

E.g.

• The catheter is inserted into the blood vessel through a clot.
• Sture died aged 40, probably due to a ruptured blood vessel in the brain.
• Finally, JX-594 reduces nutrient supply to tumors through blood vessel destruction.

capillary vessel

n.

1. any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules; capillary

cargo vessel

n.

1. a ship designed to carry cargo; cargo ship

E.g.

• A cargo vessel, with a crew of 23, ran aground near the harbour.
• The Dutch cargo vessel "Timca" was hired for the 2012/13 campaign.
• In 2005, the country had one merchant ship of over in service; a cargo vessel of .

container vessel

n.

1. a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes; container ship; containership

drinking vessel

n.

1. a vessel intended for drinking

fishing vessel

n.

1. a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive; fishing boat; fishing smack

E.g.

• The yacht at one time was used as a fishing vessel.
• "Kalamalka" was sold in 1946 for conversion to a fishing vessel.
• During the operation the two vessels collided and the fishing vessel sank.

lymph vessel

n.

1. a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation; lymphatic vessel

lymphatic vessel

n.

1. a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation; lymph vessel

sailing vessel

n.

1. a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts; sailing ship

E.g.

• He was a crew member on Englishman William Winnett's sailing vessel.
• The strait is a difficult and dangerous passage for a sailing vessel.
• Many Islanders became rich without ever setting foot on a sailing vessel.

seed vessel

n.

1. the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary; pericarp

venous blood vessel

n.

1. a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; vein; vena

war vessel

n.

1. a government ship that is available for waging war; warship; combat ship

patrol vessel

E.g.

• The patrol vessel is armed with two machine guns.
• The patrol vessel VMV 1 followed her on the journey.
• It was classed as an auxiliary patrol vessel.

merchant vessel

E.g.

• The German merchant vessel sank on 2 April.
• The ship was the 18-gun "Ovidor", a Portuguese merchant vessel.
• This was to be the boat's first and only attack on any Allied merchant vessel.

research vessel

E.g.

• He was assigned to the research vessel Terra Nova.
• The school operates the "F.G. Walton Smith" research vessel.
• She follows the naming of , China's first polar research vessel.

first vessel

E.g.

• The first vessel was commissioned on 21 July 2015.
• She is the first vessel to be named "Goose Bay".
• Delivery of the first vessel in the class is scheduled for 2021.

training vessel

E.g.

• The U-boat spent her career as a training vessel.
• The U-boat spent most of her career as a training vessel.
• It was later used as a training vessel and was stricken in 1919.

naval vessel

E.g.

• Historically, this marked the first naval vessel equipped with radar.
• "Miguel Keith" was the first naval vessel named by Secretary Spencer.
• Named L.É Deirdre, it was the first naval vessel purpose-built in Ireland to patrol its waters.

pressure vessel

E.g.

• Practically speaking, these dryers are typically a large pressure vessel that is filled with salt crystals.
• Usually, bauxite ore is heated in a pressure vessel along with a sodium hydroxide solution at a temperature of .
• In conventional light-water reactor (LWR) designs, the entire fissile core is placed in a large pressure vessel.

vessel built

E.g.

• The "Guardião" was the first patrol vessel built to a Damen axe-bow design to be launched.
• "Hai Xia Hao" is a vessel built by InCat Australia in Hobart, Tasmania in 2002 as The Cat.
• Ackerman engaged to have this vessel built at Newbert & Wallace Shipyard in Thomaston, Maine.

new vessel

E.g.

• It is not every day we take over a new vessel."
• The new vessel is reported to cost about US$6 million (BDS$12 million).
• The new vessel was one of the first torpedo cruisers to be built by any navy.

another vessel

E.g.

• By October, another vessel had been captured and added to the small fleet.
• He sends out a communications signal which reveals another vessel in orbit.
• After a stopover at the Downs to collect more passengers from the village of Deal, she collided with another vessel.

passenger vessel

E.g.

• A large scale model was used for long shots showing the entire passenger vessel.
• "Prince George" was paid off as a hospital ship on 1 September and re-converted to a passenger vessel by her owners.
• MV Queen of Nanaimo MV "Queen of Nanaimo is a passenger vessel that was operated by BC Ferries from the time it entered service in 1964 until 2017.

survey vessel

E.g.

• After the war she became a survey vessel, and then a quarantine ship.
• She served as a gunboat overseas until she became a survey vessel in 1888.
• She was recommissioned in 1948 after conversion to an oceanographic survey vessel.

small vessel

E.g.

• She was relatively small vessel, unable to cater to the expectations of the international market.
• As the ferry headed to Değirmendere, high waves raised by the storm blowing at rocked the small vessel.
• St Ives and Padstow are today small vessel ports with a major tourism and leisure sector in their economies.

vessel in commission

E.g.

• USS Rehoboth (SP-384) The first USS "Rehoboth" (SP-384) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1917.