vessel

noun

1. A decorative container; a vase used for adornment.
2. A piece of cookware; a container used for cooking.
3. Any sort of kitchen tool or utensil.
4. A container used for the storage of medicines; a pharmaceutical container.
5. Any object, especially a container, used in religious ceremonies or rituals.
6. A large container or vat used for bulk storage.
7. Alchemical equipment, ware, or tools.
8. Traveling equipment; travel gear.
9. A human being or the body of a human being.
10. Blood vessels; the tubes that blood travels in.
11. Any sort of tube, duct or canal in the body (e.g. the intestines)
12. The heart (as the seat of feelings).
13. A seafaring vessel; a boat or ship.
14. A machine, device, or method.