vessel

1. A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space.Examples: "But my hope was, that if I stood along this coast till I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in."; "Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter."; "He saw now clearly that the sole crew of the vessel was these two dead men, and though he could not see their faces, he saw by their outstretched hands, which were all of ragged flesh, that they had been subjected to some strange exceptional process of decay."Synonyms: watercraft

2. (uncountable, obsolete or dialectal) Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.Examples: "All his Vessell was of golde and siluer, pottis, basons, ewers, dysshes, flagons, barels, cuppes, and all other thyngis."dialectalobsoleteuncountable

3. (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.Examples: "Blood and lymph vessels are found in humans; xylem and phloem vessels are found in plants."