Meaning
A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]: see further at phial. Doublet of phiale.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
ampoulevacutainer
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 23 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-10-05VAILORT
- 2026-08-28VADILTY
- 2026-07-19VAGILNT
- 2026-06-13IAEKLTV
- 2026-05-06AVIURLT
- 2025-12-19VTAPIEL
- 2025-11-10AIPNLOV
- 2025-08-27LAVIDNY
- 2025-03-06VALECIT
- 2024-09-26ADVUNLI
- 2024-09-14AENJILV
- 2024-08-03VOANICL
+11 earlier appearances in the archive.