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# phial

«phial» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small glass bottle for holding liquid, often medicine** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural phials)

### meaning for a pupil

A small glass bottle for holding liquid, often medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phial/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a witch keeps blood or potions in phials

### examples

- She put the medicine in a small phial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phial/#x1)
- The phials of blood were kept in his pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phial/#x2)

### note

a count of phials counts bottles; nothing for maths beyond counting.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «phial» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phial/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.