Thesaurus results for FLAGON

flagon

noun

ˈfla-gən

Definition of flagon

as in pitcher

a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout brought a flagon of wine to the table

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Recent Examples of flagon After helping one of the Dutchmen lug a keg of liquor to the game, Rip drinks several flagons, passes out, and wakes up two decades later. — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025 Under a vaulted ceiling, academics, museum workers, and the octopus-curious passed around a flagon of Kraken Rum. — Pearse Anderson, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023 Reiche interjected that the resulting settlement contract is the first contract he's ever signed that included specific language about bees and about how many jars of honey must be exchanged per month for flagons of mead. — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 11 June 2019

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Noun

In the bottom of the sixth inning, New Jersey pitcher/shortstop Mason Rincon homered to center field to win the game for the Metro region champions.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Cubs pitcher David Peterson was coming out of the bullpen to pitch in the eighth inning after the fight took place, and the umpires were chuckling.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of pitcher

Noun

Officials on the island have deployed portable water tankers to communities, allowing residents to fill up containers and plastic jugs while their service is cut off.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Some of the jugs were the type used in North Africa and one is an older, Neo-Punic amphora, according to the Culture Ministry.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of jug

Noun

If cave paintings tell the stories of the earliest human life, factices — the once-ubiquitous oversized perfume bottle replicas — play a similar role in revealing the histories of fragrance.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Patients should put any items in a leak-proof, puncture-resistant container, such as a laundry detergent bottle.

— Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of bottle

Noun

For larger sections of tile, mix 1 cup baking soda with 1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide into a paste.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
The captain’s chairs are heated, feature LATCH and top-tether anchors, have individual arm rests that fold flush into the seat edge, and have built-in cup holders that flip down from the seat’s inside edge.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of cup

Noun

Somewhere between Venice and Paris, just as afternoon tea was served—raspberry tartlets and biscotti squisiti, coffee poured from silver ewers into porcelain cups—JR, the French artist known for his public installations, was starting to freak out.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Inspired by antiques like cobalt glass, Egyptian glass ewers and hotel breakfast sets and mid-20th-century Italian glassware, Jacobsen came up with the Continental Collection.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 19 Nov. 2025

Definition of ewer

Noun

What works perfectly inside a glass laboratory flask faces unpredictable engineering challenges when transferred to massive industrial reactors.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
References to nomads of the Kazakh steppe and local symbolism abound in the label, as seen in the heavy glass bottles recalling nomads’ flasks and decorated with handmade pendants in the form of old coins engraved with the emblem of each fragrance.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 June 2026

Definition of flask

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