British usually, Canadian also, and US sometimes ˈväz-
adjective
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebBamboo plants will add pizzazz to any space—and why not throw one in a glazed ceramic vase to really tie the look together? Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 8 Sep. 2022 Keep the vegetables propped up by placing a smaller vase inside the larger one, and laying the vegetables between them. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022 And then there's the hilarity of diving into a corner and feeling the huge lateral grip of 235-series tires in a widebody version of a car that was sold to the masses with a flower vase perched on the dashboard. Brendan Mcaleer, Car and Driver, 27 Aug. 2022 Speaking of Zendaya, she and Hunter are featured multiple times throughout the video struggling to create a vase on the pottery wheel à la the movie Ghost.Seventeen, 18 Aug. 2022 UrbanStems has several vibrant arrangements to choose from, each in a reusable vase. Catherine Garcia, The Week, 15 Aug. 2022 Each vase sold for $1,149 and totaled a loss of $150,000 to the cemetery, WFLA reported. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2022 The large bouquet was placed in a massive matte-black vase and had a small black box with a bow tied around it placed on the roses. Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2022 Below a gold vase on the windowsill is the container of rocks and soil from the ancestral grave.New York Times, 13 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin vās "container, vessel," going back to Italic *wāss- of obscure origin