vase

[ veys, veyz, vahz ]

/ veɪs, veɪz, vɑz /

noun

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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Words nearby vase

vasculitis, vasculo-, vasculomyelinopathy, vasculopathy, vasculum, vase, vasectomize, vasectomy, vaseline, vashon island, vashti

Origin of vase

1555–65; < French < Latin vās vessel

OTHER WORDS FROM vase

vase·like, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for vase

Other days we bring replacement flowers and a new stuffed animal, which my wife ties to the vase to keep it in place.
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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|DAILY BEAST
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.
Art That’s Nothing but the Truth|Liz Kulze|August 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
We have a goldfish named Bubble Bath who swims in a vase on the kitchen counter.
Life With 6 Kids, 20 Finches, and a Franken-tortoise|Laura Bennett|October 9, 2008|DAILY BEAST

He took a flower from a vase, and put it into the hand that was cold.
The Arena|Various
Hitherto it has stood in a Chinese vase beneath the stairs and has seemed a listless creature.
Chimney-Pot Papers|Charles S. Brooks
She herself changes the water in the vase which holds the cornflowers.
The Old House and Other Tales|Feodor Sologub
So may have looked afrites or the shapes metamorphosed from the vapour of the fisherman's vase.
Roads of Destiny|O. Henry
The Caterpillars are going round and round on the ledge at the top of the vase.
Insect Adventures|J. Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for vase

vase

/ (vɑːz) /

noun

a vessel used as an ornament or for holding cut flowers

Word Origin for vase

C17: via French from Latin vās vessel

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vase

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