vase

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A tall open container used to hold flowers or as a decoration.

   She put the roses in a glass vase on the table.

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Simplified etymology

Vase ultimately comes from Latin vas, meaning “vessel.” It shares this root with Latin vascellum, “small vessel,” from which English vessel developed.

Borrowed from Middle French vase, from Latin vās. Doublet of vas.

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