vessel

Other forms of vessel

plural

vessels·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vessel

What does vessel mean?

vessel means "a tube in which a body fluid circulates". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vessel?

vessel has 2 syllables: ves-sel. The stress falls on "ves". In IPA it is /ˈvɛsəl/.

What is another word for vessel?

Close synonyms include vas, watercraft. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vessel a common word?

vessel is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.