vase

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UK /vɑːz/ US /veɪs/

noun 3verb 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

flower | china, crystal, cut-glass, glass, porcelain, silver, stone

VASE + VERB

be filled with sth, contain sth, hold sth

stand

The tall ceramic vase stands in the corner of the living room.

PREP

in a/the ~

She put the fresh tulips in a vase on the dining table.

~ of

She arranged a vase of colorful tulips on the dining table for the dinner party.

Definitions

noun

An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

a vase of flowers

[T]hey ate delicious food in a delightful dining-room that looked like a Cornish tea shoppe, with vases of flowers and fascinating wildlife pictures all over the walls.

The body of the Corinthian capital.

verb

To place in a vase or similar container.

She bought only pastel pencils and vased them in cups, great wooden bouquets in mugs on nightstands and kitchen chairs.

After she'd finished, she picked a bouquet of wildflowers and vased them in an old mason jar. That seemed a fitting centerpiece for the table.

noun

an exon of NCAM; it is thought to correlate with an inhibition of the neurite outgrowth-promoting properties of this protein

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a vase of flowers

Wiktionary

[T]hey ate delicious food in a delightful dining-room that looked like a Cornish tea shoppe, with vases of flowers and fascinating wildlife pictures all over the walls.

Wiktionary

She bought only pastel pencils and vased them in cups, great wooden bouquets in mugs on nightstands and kitchen chairs.

Wiktionary

After she'd finished, she picked a bouquet of wildflowers and vased them in an old mason jar. That seemed a fitting centerpiece for the table.

Wiktionary

The vase on my desk overturned when I jumped up in surprise.

Tatoeba · #18884

Hold the vase in both hands.

Tatoeba · #23695

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