The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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
The wines of the palm and the tamarisk, those of Safed and of Byblos, ran from the amphoras into the crateras, from the crateras into the cups, and from the cups down the guests' throats.
From Herodias by Gustave Flaubert
