vase
noun/vɑːz/
/veɪs/, /veɪz/
- a container made of glass, etc., used for holding cut flowers or as an attractive object
- a vase of flowers
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1- A silver vase stood on the mantelpiece.
- Greek vase paintings
- a vase of fresh flowers
- flowers arranged in a vase
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flower
- china
- crystal
- …
- break
- shatter
- smash
- …
- be filled with something
- contain something
- hold something
- …
- painter
- painting
- in a/the vase
- vase of
Word Originlate Middle English: from French, from Latin vas ‘vessel’.Want to learn more?
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