vase
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Origin of vase
1555–65; < French < Latin vās vessel
Explanation
The tall container you put flowers in is a vase. Thanks for the enormous bouquet of daisies — I'll need to find a large enough vase to fit them in! A vase is a glass or ceramic container that serves only a decorative function — in other words, you're unlikely to serve a guest a big glass of lemonade in a vase. Vases are generally tall and narrow, to accommodate flower stems. Some vases are curvy and others are straight. In North America, vase usually rhymes with "face," which was its original English pronunciation, though modern British speakers say it so it rhymes with "blahs" instead.
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Example Sentences
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The 4-year-old filly is well traveled having finished second on Nov. 4 in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, followed by a third on Dec. 10 in the Hong Kong Vase.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2024
The wins were his third and fourth of the week following his Gold Cup triumph on Courage Mon Ami and Queen's Vase victory aboard Gregory.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2023
Dettori, who claimed the Queen's Vase aboard Gregory on Wednesday, then performed his trademark flying dismount to the delight of the Ascot crowd.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2023
“Still Life, Vase with Daisies and Poppies,” was one of the last works Vincent van Gogh completed before his death in 1890.
From New York Times • May 29, 2023
In 1766 Franklin was yet an ardent imperialist, who sought politically and economically to keep whole "that fine and noble China Vase, the British Empire."
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
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