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food vessel
noun
, Archaeology.
- 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.
From Project Gutenberg
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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