évasé

[ ey-vah-zey ]

adjective
  1. widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.

Origin of évasé

1
<French, adj. use of past participle of évaser to widen the mouth of, equivalent to e-e-1 + vasvase + past participle suffix

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How to use évasé in a sentence

  • Le galbe evase de ses hanches: had one ever read a French novel in which that phrase didn't occur?

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