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

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

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