English Explanatory Dictionary

vial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
verb
  1. To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a vial (noun sense).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈvaɪəl/ /ˈvaɪl/ En-us-vial.ogg

Word forms

vial vials vialing vialling vialed vialled

Etymology

From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]: see further at phial. Doublet of phiale.

Synonyms

phial beaker burette cruet flask jar test tube

Antonyms

ampoule vacutainer

Related words

jug vase

Derived words

Bologna vial scintillation vial
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