vase

[veys, veyz, vahz]

noun

1. a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.

vase

/ vɑːz /

noun

1. a vessel used as an ornament or for holding cut flowers

Other Word Forms

• vaselike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vase¹

1555–65; < French < Latin vās vessel

Word History and Origins

Origin of vase¹

C17: via French from Latin vās vessel

Example Sentences

Since then, her collection has grown and sits in a tall glass vase in her living room.

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She stepped aside so the boy might come in and set down the vase.

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Also in September, thieves stole two Chinese porcelain dishes and a vase with an estimated combined worth of €6.55m from the national porcelain museum in the central city of Limoges.

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Her collection includes the first antique she ever purchased, an iridescent orange vase made of stretch glass, as well as the 1930s-era rocking chair from her parents’ house in New York.

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The same month, thieves stole two dishes and a vase from a museum in the central city of Limoges, the losses estimated at $7.6 million.

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Related Words

• container 
• jar 
• pot 
• urn