amphoras
- plural of amphora.
Example Sentences
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Javi said he’d affixed ornamental amphoras and delicate clay stars beneath a sweeping arch.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
Using underwater vacuums to clear out 1.5 meters of sand, they found over 200 amphoras that still contained ingredients from the Mediterranean diet, like fish sauce, and a variety of olives, dates and figs.
From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2022
Back and forth from Libya to the south, to Sicily and Rome to the east, sail-driven merchant vessels carried olive oil, cheeses, charcuterie and wine often stored in massive terra-cotta amphoras.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021
The pots, distant relatives to amphoras and urns, stand on the floor and reach to the viewer’s ribs and higher.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2019
Look, where the amphoras, The yield of many days, Trod by my hot soul from the pulp of self And set upon the shelf In sullen pride The Vineyard-master's tasting to abide— O mother mine!
From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by Moody, William Vaughn
