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noun Archaeology.
an early Bronze Age grave vessel, 1600–1300 b.c., found in Ireland and northern Britain and intended for the use of the deceased in the afterlife.
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Origin of food vessel

First recorded in 1870–75
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How to use food vessel in a sentence

  • The Irish food-vessel is derived directly from the round-bottomed vessel of Neolithic times.

  • In Ireland the pottery of the Bronze Age is principally represented by the type of vessel known as a food-vessel.

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