noun
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
Origin:
1555–65; < French < Latin vās vessel
1555–65; < French < Latin vās vessel
Related forms
vase·like, adjective
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| —n | |
| a vessel used as an ornament or for holding cut flowers | |
| [C17: via French from Latin vās vessel] | |
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Word Origin & History
vase
1563, from M.Fr. vase, from L. vas "container, vessel." Amer.Eng. preserves the original Eng. pronunciation (Swift rhymes it with face, Byron with place and grace), while British Eng. shifted mid-19c. to preference for a pronunciation that rhymes with bras.
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Example sentences
It looks lovely in flower arrangements, dangling down the side of a vase.
When grown as a tree form, this cultivar is naturally vase shaped with uniform multiple branching for a moderately dense canopy.
Two multicolored ceramic plates, an alabaster vase with a hole in the base, and a stone knife also accompanied the body.
The living room was painted electric blue, and a gold vase of plastic flowers sat on the coffee table.
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