Definitions for vaseveɪs, veɪz, vɑz

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vaseveɪs, veɪz, vɑz(n.)

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

Origin of vase:

1555–65; < F < L vās vessel

vase′like`(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vase(noun)

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

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. vase(noun)ɪs, veɪz, vɑz

    a container for displaying cut flowers in

    a vase on the table full of roses

Wiktionary

  1. vase(Noun)

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

  2. Origin: From vase, from vas

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vase(noun)

    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. Vase(noun)

    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. Vase(noun)

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

  4. Vase(noun)

    the calyx of a plant


Translations for vase

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

vase(noun)

a type of jar or jug used mainly as an ornament or for holding cut flowers

a vase of flowers.

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