dewar

English Thesaurus

1. vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	vacuum bottle, vacuum flask,
definition	:	flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures (noun.artifact)

2. Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	chemist,
definition	:	a scientist who specializes in chemistry (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	physicist,
definition	:	a scientist trained in physics (noun.person)