vessel

A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids.

A craft, especially one larger than a rowboat, designed to navigate on water.

An airship.

A duct, canal, or other tube that contains or conveys a body fluid.

One of the tubular water-conducting structures of xylem, consisting of a series of vessel elements attached end to end and connected by perforations. Vessels are found in nearly all flowering plants.