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food vessel

noun

, Archaeology.
  1. an early Bronze Age grave vessel, 1600–1300 b.c., found in Ireland and northern Britain and intended for the use of the deceased in the afterlife.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of food vessel1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

The Irish food-vessel is derived directly from the round-bottomed vessel of Neolithic times.

In Ireland the pottery of the Bronze Age is principally represented by the type of vessel known as a food-vessel.

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