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vessel

1. a passenger or freight-carrying ship, boat, etc.

2. an aircraft, esp an airship

3. Anatomy a tubular structure that transports such body fluids as blood and lymph

4. Botany a tubular element of xylem tissue consisting of a row of cells in which the connecting cell walls have broken down

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vessel [′ves·əl]

(botany)

A water-conducting tube or duct in the xylem.

(engineering)

A container or structural envelope in which materials are processed, treated, or stored; for example, pressure vessels, reactor vessels, agitator vessels, and storage vessels (tanks).

(naval architecture)

Any craft that can carry people or cargo over the surface of the water.