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Meanings of thermos in English

Portuguese
garrafa térmica

Vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks.

garrafa térmica
Usage of thermos in English
1
I grabbed the thermos and hoped I was doing the right thing.
The Sea of Monsters
2
You couldn't possibly set out on an expedition without a thermos flask.
Shadows in the twilight
3
The young attendant reappeared carrying the tiny thermos bottle of herbal medicine.
Don't Cry Tai Lake
4
TMWKE says the thermos flask is the greatest invention of all time.
Independent.ie
5
Mike began to drink soup directly from the thermos in small sips.
The stand
6
I unscrewed the thermos top, sipped the coffee, and unfolded the note.
Faefever
7
Maybe he had some kind of holy coffee in his lunchbox thermos.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
8
In his other hand he carried a thermos of hot chicken soup.
Blue noon
9
What they don't use they put it in these thermos bottle thingies.
Doctor Sleep
10
He put away his thermos, not offering any cider to the others.
The Postman
11
Handwritten letters, silk flower leis, a thermos from a Batman lunch box.
The nobodies album
12
She made coffee, poured it into a thermos, and then made sandwiches.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
13
And don't bring up that thermos of ashes the priest is carrying.
The Hyperion Cantos
14
Foster reached forward and took a thermos bottle, his partner seized another.
Cabin Fever
15
So at eleven fifteen, Chen was also there, holding a thermos bottle.
Death of a Red Heroine
16
Sarey returned with a steel canister that looked like a thermos bottle.
Doctor Sleep
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Thermos through the time
Thermos across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common