{
    "term": "vessel",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a tube that carries blood through the body of a person or an animal, or liquid through the parts of a plant",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to burst/rupture a **blood vessel**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a ship or large boat",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "ocean-going vessels"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a small **fishing vessel**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A fire broke out on board the vessel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A rescue boat managed to come alongside the crippled vessel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A salvage team failed to refloat the vessel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was accused of operating the vessel while drunk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Huge waves swamped the vessel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was one of the largest vessels afloat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police boarded and searched the vessel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Navy seized any vessel caught trading with the enemy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The captain of the boat was accused of ramming a patrol vessel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The damaged vessel sailed on for another 50 miles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The vessel carried a crew of 130."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The vessel finally entered port after thirty days at sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The vessel flooded and began to sink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The vessel was registered in Bermuda."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They managed to haul the survivors aboard the vessel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a French vessel bound for Nigeria"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["stranded", "stricken", "seaworthy"],
                "verb + vessel": ["operate", "register", "charter"],
                "vessel + verb": ["be afloat", "sail", "be bound for something"],
                "preposition": [
                    "aboard a/​the vessel",
                    "alongside a/​the vessel",
                    "on a/​the vessel"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a container used for holding liquids, such as a bowl, cup, etc.",
            "labels": "(old use or specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a Bronze Age drinking vessel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "ancient bronze ritual vessels"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["drinking", "empty", "ritual"],
                "verb + vessel": ["fill"],
                "vessel + verb": ["contain something"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvesl/",
                "audio": "ve/vessel/vessel__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvesl/",
                "audio": "ve/vessel/vessel__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vessel(e), from late Latin vascellum, diminutive of vas ‘vessel’."
}