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Definitions for VASE
veɪs, veɪz, vɑzvase

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vasenoun

    an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers

Wiktionary

  1. vasenoun

    A container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

  2. Etymology: From vase, from vas

Wikipedia

  1. Vase

    A vase ( or ) is an open container. It can be made from a number of materials, such as ceramics, glass, non-rusting metals, such as aluminium, brass, bronze, or stainless steel. Even wood has been used to make vases, either by using tree species that naturally resist rot, such as teak, or by applying a protective coating to conventional wood or plastic. Vases are often decorated, and they are often used to hold cut flowers. Vases come in different sizes to support whatever flower it is holding or keeping in place. Vases generally share a similar shape. The foot or the base may be bulbous, flat, carinate, or another shape. The body forms the main portion of the piece. Some vases have a shoulder, where the body curves inward, a neck, which gives height, and a lip, where the vase flares back out at the top. Some vases are also given handles. Various styles and types of vases have been developed around the world in different time periods, such as Chinese ceramics and Native American pottery. In the pottery of ancient Greece "vase-painting" is the traditional term covering the famous fine painted pottery, often with many figures in scenes from Greek mythology. Such pieces may be referred to as vases regardless of their shape; most were in fact used for holding or serving liquids, and many would more naturally be called cups, jugs and so on. In 2003, Grayson Perry won the Turner Prize for his ceramics, typically in vase form.

ChatGPT

  1. vase

    A vase is a decorative container, usually made of glass, ceramic, porcelain, or metal, that is used primarily to hold and arrange flowers or other plant materials. The design may be simple or elaborate, and the size can vary from small tabletop pieces to large floor-standing models. Most vases are hollow and open at the top.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vasenoun

    a vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland

  2. Vasenoun

    a vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche

  3. Vasenoun

    the body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum

  4. Vasenoun

    the calyx of a plant

  5. Etymology: [F. vase; cf. Sp. & It. vaso; fr. L. vas, vasum. Cf. Vascular, Vessel.]

Wikidata

  1. Vase

    A vase is an open container, often used to hold cut flowers. It can be made from a number of materials including ceramics and glass. The vase is often decorated and thus used to extend the beauty of its contents. Vases are defined as having a certain anatomy. Lowest is the foot, a distinguishable base to the piece. The design of the base may be bulbous, flat, carinate, or another shape. Next, the body, which forms the main and often largest portion of the piece. Resting atop the body is the shoulder, where the body curves inward. Then the neck, where the vase is given more height. Lastly, the lip, where the vase flares back out at the top. All these attributes can be seen in the picture at right. Many vases are also given handles. Today, the shapes of vases have evolved from the conventional ones to modern designs and shapes. The vase has also developed as an art medium unto itself. The ancient Greeks famously used vases to depict scenes. It has since been developed and in 2003 the winner of the Turner Prize was Grayson Perry, for vase art.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Vase

    vāz, or v[ä]z, n. a vessel of stone, metal, glass, or earthenware, anciently used for domestic purposes and in offering sacrifices: an ornamental vessel generally of an antique pattern: a sculptured, vaselike ornament: (archit.) the body of the Corinthian capital.—n. Vase′-paint′ing, the decoration of vases with pigments, esp. the decoration of the pottery of the ancient Greeks.—adj. Vā′siform.—Etruscan vases, Greek vases so called mistakenly because found in Etruscan tombs; Portland vase, a famous Græco-Roman cameo-glass with reliefs in opaque white glass on a dark-blue ground, 9¾ inches high, now preserved in the British Museum. [Fr.,—L. vasum or vas.]

Editors Contribution

  1. vase

    A type of product created and manufactured in a variety of colors, designs, materials and styles.

    Some people choose to use a vase for flowers, to put candles in, to put decorative stones in and use as an ornament so they serve many purposes.


    Submitted by MaryC on August 12, 2015  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of VASE in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of VASE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of VASE in a Sentence

  1. I NOTICED KIN A SHOP WINDOW IN KENYA SOME60 YEARS FROM NOW:

    FRIENDSHIP IS JUST LIKE A FLOWER VASE. IF BROKEN CAN BE MENDED BUT THE CRACKS WILL REMAIN

  2. The Hitopadesa:

    Like an earthen pot, a bad man is easily broken, and cannot readily be restored to his former situation; but a virtuous man, like a vase of gold, is broken with difficulty, and easily repaired.

  3. Frank Fritz:

    The guy that connects with me is the guy who buys a 30 pack of Busch Light and a pizza on the weekend. That's my guy. My guy buys a $150 sign, not an $8,000 sign. I'm more of the common man guy, I haven't found a $100,000 vase or any Michelangelo stuff. I've never really had a big, big score like that. But all the small scores are the bread and butter and that's my deal.

  4. Donald Trump:

    Maybe it's present where he sends me a beautiful vase as opposed to a missile test, i may get a vase. I may get a nice present from him. You don't know. You never know.

  5. Dr. Jose P. Rizal:

    You must shatter the vase to spread its perfume, and smite the rock to get the spark!" (El Filibusterismo)

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