vase
Americannoun
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vases
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of vase
1555–65; < French < Latin vās vessel
Explanation
The tall container you put flowers in is a vase. Thanks for the enormous bouquet of daisies — I'll need to find a large enough vase to fit them in! A vase is a glass or ceramic container that serves only a decorative function — in other words, you're unlikely to serve a guest a big glass of lemonade in a vase. Vases are generally tall and narrow, to accommodate flower stems. Some vases are curvy and others are straight. In North America, vase usually rhymes with "face," which was its original English pronunciation, though modern British speakers say it so it rhymes with "blahs" instead.
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Etsy wants to know whether shoppers are buying a vase for their own living room or as a housewarming gift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
"I can't lay my eyes on my favourite place at home, on some elements of my house, a vase, a view from my window," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
He tweaked the images, removing plastic gloves and flipping objects like a vase sideways to make for a more engaging composition.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
In fact, it goes back at least 2,500 years: An ancient vase in the Louvre carries a notice that reads, “Buy me and you’ll get a bargain.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Your potter has made the vase, yes, but has not made the beauty.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Fat mums and hydrangeas, perhaps punctuated with a sunflower or two, arranged in short vases that don’t interrupt conversation.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Lately I’ve also been lining glass vases with cabbage leaves before adding flowers.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
These mosquitoes breed in stagnant water like pails, vases and flowerpot plates.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Elegant hand-blown glass vases sit beside ceramic crater pots on warm cherry shelves.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
On their way to the rooms containing Greek vases, they again observed the enormous crowd passing by the statue.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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