ewer

[ yoo-er ]

noun

1. a pitcher with a wide spout.
2. Decorative Art. a vessel having a spout and a handle, especially a tall, slender vessel with a base.

ewer

/ ˈjuːə /

noun

1. a large jug or pitcher with a wide mouth

Word History and Origins

Origin of ewer¹

1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French evier < Latin aquārius vessel for water, equivalent to aqu ( a ) water + -ārius -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of ewer¹

C14: from Old French evier, from Latin aquārius water carrier, from aqua water

Example Sentences

The table is draped with a Turkish carpet, and the jewelry, the furs, the gold ewers and salvers all insinuate a rising global commodities trade — one of those “commodities” being people like the painter himself.

From New York Times

A dragon curls its tail around the base of a golden, long-neck ewer, its body forming a handle of protruding, pointy scales.

From Washington Post

Not a moment could be lost: the very sheets were kindling, I rushed to his basin and ewer; fortunately, one was wide and the other deep, and both were filled with water.

From Literature

At medieval banquets, a ewer -- an impressive jug filled with rose water -- and basins for slop water would be taken around so that guests could deal with the sticky finger problem.

From Washington Post

There a servant hastened to them with water in a golden ewer which she poured over their fingers into a silver bowl.

From Literature