vial

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a vial (noun sense).

Synonyms

phial

small bottle

flask

ampule

ampoule

ampul

bottle

ampoul

bijou

cruet

flacon

flasket

medicine bottle

Hyphenated as

vi‧al

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvaɪəl/

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.