vacuum flask

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Since developing the all-steel vacuum flask in 1913, the Stanley company has cultivated a particularly rugged, if not decidedly masculine, image.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2024

Spread under the trees was a picnic rug, with a large vacuum flask of coffee.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2013

I conserve water and electricity by boiling the kettle only three times a day, keeping the hot water in a vacuum flask.

From Time Magazine Archive

She’d had a horrible dream: she had been given the vacuum flask she’d seen her father, Lord Asriel, show to the Master and Scholars of Jordan College.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

He was pumping the air from the vacuum flask, and took no notice; it was as if he’d already forgotten her.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman