Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dewar

2 senses of dewar

Sense 1
Dewar flask, Dewar -- (vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments)
       => vacuum flask, vacuum bottle -- (flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures)

Sense 2
Dewar, Sir James Dewar -- (Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923))
       INSTANCE OF=> chemist -- (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)