Vase
noun
A decorative container, often made of glass or porcelain, used to hold flowers.
She put the roses in a beautiful glass vase.
Often appears as...
- flower vase
- glass vase
noun
In archaeology, a vessel used in ancient times.
The vase from the Roman period was found during the excavation.
Often appears as...
- ancient vase
- roman vase
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Academic
noun
A decorative container, often made of glass or porcelain, used to hold flowers.
She put the roses in a beautiful glass vase.
Often appears as...
- flower vase
- glass vase
noun
In archaeology, a vessel used in ancient times.
The vase from the Roman period was found during the excavation.
Often appears as...
- ancient vase
- roman vase
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Decorative Purpose
Vases are primarily for decoration, enhancing the beauty of a space.
The designer placed a tall vase in the corner to accentuate the room's elegance.
Pro Tip 2/3Materials Matter
Vases can be made of various materials, which may affect their appearance and value.
A crystal vase is usually more expensive and delicate than a clay vase.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
In some cultures, vases can hold symbolic meanings and are used in ceremonies.
During the festival, they filled traditional vases with holy water.
Pro Tip 1/3Decorative Purpose
Vases are primarily for decoration, enhancing the beauty of a space.
The designer placed a tall vase in the corner to accentuate the room's elegance.
Pro Tip 2/3Materials Matter
Vases can be made of various materials, which may affect their appearance and value.
A crystal vase is usually more expensive and delicate than a clay vase.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
In some cultures, vases can hold symbolic meanings and are used in ceremonies.
During the festival, they filled traditional vases with holy water.
Pro Tip 1/3Decorative Purpose
Vases are primarily for decoration, enhancing the beauty of a space.
The designer placed a tall vase in the corner to accentuate the room's elegance.
Pro Tip 2/3Materials Matter
Vases can be made of various materials, which may affect their appearance and value.
A crystal vase is usually more expensive and delicate than a clay vase.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
In some cultures, vases can hold symbolic meanings and are used in ceremonies.
During the festival, they filled traditional vases with holy water.
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Tristram Stuart: The...
Most people. The one on the left was kept in a fridge for 10 days. The one in the middle, on my kitchen table. Not much difference. The one on the right I treated like cut flowers. It's a living organism, cut the slice off, stuck it in a vase of water, it was all right for another two weeks after this. Some food waste, as I said at the beginning,
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What adults can learn...
artist said that they got some of their best ideas from the program because kids don't think about the limitations of how hard it can be to blow glass and the certain shapes they just think of good ideas now when you think of glass you might think of colorful shmuly designs or maybe Italian vases but kids
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A different way to...
whether by using high and low drums, or long and short beats. Which ends up being heard as the main beat is not a precise rule, but like the famous Rubin's vase, can be reversed depending on cultural perception. In standard notation, rhythm is indicated on a musical bar line, but there are other ways.
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Photographing the Real...
to a big vase or the what are the elements in this frame manipulate the contrast of the light of the shape of the lighting is now eight months into this story my editor asked me to send an update he said hey look you know we're a little bit concerned about the progress of the
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food I presume it's like an offering either to the spirits or to the ancestors themselves the reason everything's broken is because animals have smelt the remains of the dead people and they come up here and smashed into the vases to feed on the remains
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Why are earthquakes so...
This large vase, he claimed, could tell them whenever an earthquake occurred in their kingdom– including the direction they should send aid. The court was somewhat skeptical, especially when the device triggered on a seemingly quiet afternoon.
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Bona Fide Fact? PIPE Duck...
cgmp also exist in plants is really an Australian researchers discovered that one milligram of the drug dissolved in a vase of water can extend the shelf life of cut flowers making them stand up straight for up to a week beyond their
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What adults can learn...
or maybe Italian vases, but kids challenge glass artists to go beyond that, into the realm of brokenhearted snakes and bacon boys, who you can see has meat vision. Now, our inherent wisdom doesn't have to be insider's knowledge.
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How language shapes the...
even though you can witness it yourself, you can watch the video, you can watch the crime against the vase, you will punish someone more, you will blame someone more if I just said, "He broke it," as opposed to, "It broke."
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Florence Artisans PIPE...
his prized objects is a sterling silver vase it's made from three disks the disks are molded into three pieces like a puzzle the precision is very important here because they have to be absolutely
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Tristram Stuart: The...
Most people. The one on the left was kept in a fridge for 10 days. The one in the middle, on my kitchen table. Not much difference. The one on the right I treated like cut flowers. It's a living organism, cut the slice off, stuck it in a vase of water, it was all right for another two weeks after this. Some food waste, as I said at the beginning,
Video examples
What adults can learn...
artist said that they got some of their best ideas from the program because kids don't think about the limitations of how hard it can be to blow glass and the certain shapes they just think of good ideas now when you think of glass you might think of colorful shmuly designs or maybe Italian vases but kids
Video examples
A different way to...
whether by using high and low drums, or long and short beats. Which ends up being heard as the main beat is not a precise rule, but like the famous Rubin's vase, can be reversed depending on cultural perception. In standard notation, rhythm is indicated on a musical bar line, but there are other ways.
Video examples
Photographing the Real...
to a big vase or the what are the elements in this frame manipulate the contrast of the light of the shape of the lighting is now eight months into this story my editor asked me to send an update he said hey look you know we're a little bit concerned about the progress of the
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Cave Exploration PIPE...
food I presume it's like an offering either to the spirits or to the ancestors themselves the reason everything's broken is because animals have smelt the remains of the dead people and they come up here and smashed into the vases to feed on the remains
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Why are earthquakes so...
This large vase, he claimed, could tell them whenever an earthquake occurred in their kingdom– including the direction they should send aid. The court was somewhat skeptical, especially when the device triggered on a seemingly quiet afternoon.
Video examples
Bona Fide Fact? PIPE Duck...
cgmp also exist in plants is really an Australian researchers discovered that one milligram of the drug dissolved in a vase of water can extend the shelf life of cut flowers making them stand up straight for up to a week beyond their
Video examples
What adults can learn...
or maybe Italian vases, but kids challenge glass artists to go beyond that, into the realm of brokenhearted snakes and bacon boys, who you can see has meat vision. Now, our inherent wisdom doesn't have to be insider's knowledge.
Video examples
How language shapes the...
even though you can witness it yourself, you can watch the video, you can watch the crime against the vase, you will punish someone more, you will blame someone more if I just said, "He broke it," as opposed to, "It broke."
Video examples
Florence Artisans PIPE...
his prized objects is a sterling silver vase it's made from three disks the disks are molded into three pieces like a puzzle the precision is very important here because they have to be absolutely
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Frank Miller
American Artist
You do Batman right, and he's going to be popular. He's a great character. I was once asked by somebody if writing 'Batman' was like holding a Ming vase or something. And I said, 'No, it's like holding a big-ass diamond that you can't break. You can throw him against the ceiling, against the floor, anywhere, and you just can't break Batman.
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Khloe Kardashian
American Entertainer
When in doubt, I always, always buy clear vases. You really can't go wrong with minimalist clear vases, especially when you're sending someone flowers. The flowers are the star of the show and need to shine!
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David Burtka
American Actor
I hate getting flowers. I can't stand when I get a bouquet of flowers, because I have to stop what I do, cut the flowers, put them in a vase - if you're going to bring flowers, bring them in a vase already!
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Juliette Binoche
French Actress
I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
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Derek Walcott
Poet
Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.
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Nate Berkus
American Designer
Go outside! I mean, even leaves from a park are beautiful in a clear glass vase. I'd rather see that than fake anything any day.
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Adrienne Mayor
American Historian
Pictures of Amazons on vase paintings always show them as beautiful, active, spirited, courageous, and brave.
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Christine McVie
American Musician
You can only mend the vase so many times before you have to chuck it away.
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Malcolm de Chazal
French Writer
The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
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Frank Miller
American Artist
You do Batman right, and he's going to be popular. He's a great character. I was once asked by somebody if writing 'Batman' was like holding a Ming vase or something. And I said, 'No, it's like holding a big-ass diamond that you can't break. You can throw him against the ceiling, against the floor, anywhere, and you just can't break Batman.
Quote examples
Khloe Kardashian
American Entertainer
When in doubt, I always, always buy clear vases. You really can't go wrong with minimalist clear vases, especially when you're sending someone flowers. The flowers are the star of the show and need to shine!
Quote examples
David Burtka
American Actor
I hate getting flowers. I can't stand when I get a bouquet of flowers, because I have to stop what I do, cut the flowers, put them in a vase - if you're going to bring flowers, bring them in a vase already!
Quote examples
Juliette Binoche
French Actress
I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
Quote examples
Derek Walcott
Poet
Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.
Quote examples
Nate Berkus
American Designer
Go outside! I mean, even leaves from a park are beautiful in a clear glass vase. I'd rather see that than fake anything any day.
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Adrienne Mayor
American Historian
Pictures of Amazons on vase paintings always show them as beautiful, active, spirited, courageous, and brave.
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Christine McVie
American Musician
You can only mend the vase so many times before you have to chuck it away.
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Malcolm de Chazal
French Writer
The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
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