phial
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of phial
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin phiala saucer < Greek phiálē; replacing Middle English phiole, fiole < Middle French fiole < Latin, as above
Vocabulary lists containing phial
Example Sentences
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Take human blood, put it in a glass phial and keep it covered in dung for forty days.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019
Suddenly, a phial of manna fell to the pavement and broke.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2018
The experience was certainly straightforward - a welcoming staffer put a soothing warm wrapper on my finger, a pin prick which I hardly felt, and then a small phial of blood filled in a second.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2014
A small phial of this life from the fertile bosom of Mother Earth will furnish men with substance for days.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2012
Before she boarded the ship, they gave her a gift: a lacquer phial containing some of the wheel tree oil, and most precious of all, a little bag of seeds.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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