Can and Flask

Can

Can noun - A metal container in the shape of a cylinder.

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Flask and can are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flask" instead a noun "Can".

Flask noun - Bottle that has a narrow neck.

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Can and flask are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a noun "Flask".

full	full can	full flask
single	single can	single flask
empty	empty can	empty flask
small	small can	small flask
Other adjectives: large, big, blue, new, last, giant, red, demonic.

Rincewind debates between turning the red flask and turning the blue flask, reasoning that they can't kill him yet since the game hasn't started.

Source: No Time To Think
You can do the quest... OR, you can just straight-up murder her and take your flask back.

Source: Video Game / Day One: Garry's Incident
Because Nethack is also the Trope Namer for The Dev Team Thinks of Everything, you can also be killed by 'elementary chemistry' — that is to say, by dipping a flask of water into a flask of acid.

Source: The Many Deaths of You

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