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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dewar /ˈdjuːə/

▶noun a double-walled flask of metal or silvered glass with a vacuum between the walls, used to hold liquids at well below ambient temperature.

– origin C19: named after the Scottish physicist Sir James Dewar.

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