évasé

[ ey-vah-zey ]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of évasé¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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