vase
/veɪ̯s/ noun A1- An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers. · a vase of flowers
- The body of the Corinthian capital.
Plural vases
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Watson—if you would have the goodness to put the Japanese vase to one side.
A high wall surrounded the whole of the property, surmounted at intervals by vases filled with flowers, and broken in the centre by a large gate of gilded iron, which served as the carriage entrance.
The rest of the furniture of this privileged apartment consisted of old cabinets, filled with Chinese porcelain and Japanese vases, Lucca della Robbia faïences, and Palissy platters; of old armchairs, in which perhaps had sat Henry IV.
“What is this name of Monte Cristo?” inquired the countess, when the servant had taken away the last vase of flowers, “is it a family name, or the name of the estate, or a simple title?”
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