vial

• phial

From Middle English viole, fiole, from Old French fiole, from Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē, “a broad flat container”). Doublet of phial.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəl
• Homophone: vile (some accents)

vial (plural vials)

1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.
   • Shakespeare

     Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor thou off.

• ampoule
• phial
• test tube
• vacutainer

vial (third-person singular simple present vials, present participle vialling or (US) vialing, simple past and past participle vialled or (US) vialed)

1. (transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a vial.

• vial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• LAIV, Vail, Vali, Vila, vail, vali, vila

vial (plural viales)

1. of or pertaining to a via, road, highway

vial m (plural viales)

1. avenue
2. vial