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DEWAR FLASK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dewar flask mean? 

DEWAR FLASK (noun)
  The noun DEWAR FLASK has 1 sense:

1. vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experimentsplay

  Familiarity information: DEWAR FLASK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEWAR FLASK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Dewar; Dewar flask

Hypernyms ("Dewar flask" is a kind of...):

vacuum bottle; vacuum flask (flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures)


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