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vase

  [veys, veyz, vahz]
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–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; < F < L vās vessel

Related forms:
vaselike, adjective
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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