vase
[veys, veyz, vahz]
- a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
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Origin of vase
1555–65; < French < Latin vās vessel
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Examples from the Web for vase
Contemporary Examples
Other days we bring replacement flowers and a new stuffed animal, which my wife ties to the vase to keep it in place.
I could see the vase on her dresser, one of the thin glass globes, I imagined, that come free with flower arrangements.
Daddy, How Come You’re Always Broke? Benjamin Anastas’s ‘Too Good to Be True’Benjamin Anastas
October 15, 2012
The tilt of orange lilies in a vase or the diamond patterns of playing cards are now subject to the critical eye of the art world.
We have a goldfish named Bubble Bath who swims in a vase on the kitchen counter.
Historical Examples
The girl shortened the stems of the roses and put them in a vase on Katy's dresser.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
It looked grave and bare, with not even a flower in a vase to brighten it.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
Bishop noticed the thistle bouquet in a vase over the chronometer.
CompetitionJames Causey
Mabel looked at me and then picked up a vase off the mantle over the fire-place.
Sorry: Wrong DimensionRoss Rocklynne
Lydia did no dusting of tables or arranging of flowers in a vase.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
vase
- a vessel used as an ornament or for holding cut flowers
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Word Origin
C17: via French from Latin vās vessel
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Word Origin and History for vase
n.
late 14c., from Middle French vase, from Latin vas "container, vessel." American English preserves the original English pronunciation (Swift rhymes it with face, Byron with place and grace), while British English shifted mid-19c. to preference for a pronunciation that rhymes with bras.
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