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vase Definition

vase (vās, vāz; also, chiefly Brit väz)

noun

an open container, usually rounded and of greater height than width, used for decoration, for holding flowers, etc.

Etymology: Fr < L vas, vessel, dish

vase Synonyms

vase

n.

  1. vessel, urn, jar, pottery, porcelain, receptacle, flower holder, ornament.

    Types of vases include: amphora, burette, krater, lekynos, hydria, kylix, aquaemanale, oxybaphon, tazza, alabastron, bud vase, cruse, jug, pitcher, ewer, jardiniere, libation cup, funeral urn.

  2. Styles of vases include: Etruscan, Greek black figure, Greek red figure, canopic, T'ang, Sung, Ming, Ch'ing, blue and white, famille verte, famille rose (both French), Samarran luster, Majolica, delft, Belleek, faience, potiche.

vase Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • flower: The painting was of a vase of flowers in warm, glowing color.

Converse of object

  • engrave: The Chairman thanked Jo for all that she had done and presented her with an engraved vase.
  • smash: They return home to find Ed drunk; he has been sick and smashed a precious vase.
  • bowl: There were bowls, vases, cats, fish and mugs of various sorts.
  • glaze: Wish List £ 25.00 Vase by Scabetti Shapely glazed earthenware vase in white, ivory or charcoal.
  • fill: He set about creating Wine Label Collages of vases filled with flowers.
  • throw: He is seen to throw a vase at Lenny and shout, ' You fat fool!

Adjective modifier

  • Ming: And if you believe that, then I have a Ming vase that's going for a good price.
  • false-necked: The false-necked vases ( XXVIII, 1, 7 ) are repeatedly found; one ( fig.
  • Etruscan: Jules Verne likened the appearance to an Etruscan vase.
  • alabaster: Well-lit displays feature archeological finds from Kition, including a ceramic collection with alabaster vases, tools, coins and lamps.
  • Athenian: The photographs of Athenian vases are the single largest component of Beazley's original archive.
  • Greek: Greek vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art.

Modifies a noun

  • painting: Early vase paintings show him doing the deed with a sword or spear - there was no riddle, no suicide.

Noun used with modifier

  • red-figure: Images found on works such as Athenian red-figure vases and Roman cameos will be the inspiration for Block Printing on to t-shirts.
  • porcelain: Geoffrey Swindell, whose many interests range from the beach to science fiction, produces small elaborately finished porcelain vases.
  • bud: A charming antique bud vase, dating to circa 1870.
  • glass: The result was a tall glass vase of greenish blue over yellow glass.
  • crystal: A black basalt urn will be much, much heavier than a cut crystal vase.
  • pottery: A wonderful antique English Art Deco pottery vase, dating to circa 1925.
vase Quotes

To watch him fumbling with our rich and delicate English language is like seeing a Se'  vres vase in the hands of a chimpanzee.

—Waugh, Evelyn Arthur StJohn

   To know that light falls and fills, often without our knowing, As an opaque vase fills to the brim from quick pouring, Fills and trembles at the edge yet does not flow over, Still holding and feeding the stem of the contained flower.

—Rogers,Will

Dashiell Hammett took murder out of theVenetian vase and dropped it into the alley.

—Chandler, Raymond

Some poems have form as a tree has form and some as water poured into a vase.

—Pound, Ezra Loomis