fles

Meaning

bottle

vessel

pot

box

bucket

can

case

chest

container

crate

jar

jug

pail

sack

tin

urn

baby bottle

flask

ferry

tub

vat

flagon

bottleful

spin the bottle

baby’s bottle

feeding bottle

canister

vase

Frequency

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flɛs/

From Middle Dutch flassche, flessche, from Old Dutch *flaska, from Proto-West Germanic *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ.

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Sentences

De fles is halfvol of halfleeg.

The glass can be half full or half empty.

Hij smeet de fles naar zijn collega met een ongeziene finesse.

He slams the bottle at his colleague with unseen finesse.

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