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vial.

A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvaɪəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvaɪl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɑj(ə)l/British, Southern, Standard
  1. A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.

Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈvaɪəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvaɪl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɑj(ə)l/British, Southern, Standard
  1. To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a vial (noun sense).

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Where this word comes from

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.

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