flask vs watch glass

flask

noun
  • Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base. 

  • A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask. 

  • A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds. 

  • A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc. 

  • A bed in a gun carriage. 

verb
  • To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold. 

watch glass

noun
  • An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a simple, slightly concave circle of glass. It is a general utility item, used to hold small samples, to evaporate liquids, to cover a beaker, and so on. 

  • A sandglass. 

  • The glass covering of the face of a watch. 

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