vase : Idioms & Phrases

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canopic vase

  • noun a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body
    canopic jar.
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portland vase

Port"land vase`
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  1. A celebrated cinerary urn or vase found in the tomb of the Emperor Alexander Severus. It is owned by the Duke of Portland, and kept in the British Museum.
Webster 1913

vase vine

  • noun scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
    leather flower; Clematis viorna; vase vine.
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vase-fine

  • noun scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
    leather flower; Clematis viorna; vase vine.
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vase-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped in the form of a vase
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Vase"-shaped` adjective
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  1. Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.
Webster 1913