vase
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++vase /vɑːz $ veɪs, veɪz/ ●●○ noun [countable]
DHa container used to put flowers in or for decoration 花瓶,〔装饰用的〕瓶
Examples from the Corpus
vase• It has a smell to it, that word -- musky and oppressive, like dead flowers in a vase.• On the table in front of the sofa was a vase holding four pink roses, the blooms in various stages of uncurled perfection.• From about the time of the invention of red-figure some black-figure vases are given a white slip covering the orange clay.• It is usually used in conjunction with a garden, vase or prayer-rug design.• Tornadoes that spun across the blue sky like vases thrown on some mad potter's wheel.• The same sum secured a 15-inch De Morgan Persian-style vase in the recent sale.• I lifted the vase between my thumb and forefinger.Origin vase (1500-1600) French Latin vas “container”vase nounChinese
a put used Corpus flowers in to container
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vase
vase /vɑːz $ veɪs, veɪz/
noun [countable]
a container used to put flowers in or for decoration
vase /vɑːz $ veɪs, veɪz/
noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: Latin vas 'container'
Language: French
Origin: Latin vas 'container'

a container used to put flowers in or for decoration
