vase

plural vases

1. An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

   a vase of flowers

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   Tiptoeing with solemn face, with some flowers and a vase, in they walked in and then said, “Ahhh,” when they saw the toys and candy and the dollhouse from Papa.

   1939, Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline, pages 35-36

   [T]hey ate delicious food in a delightful dining-room that looked like a Cornish tea shoppe, with vases of flowers and fascinating wildlife pictures all over the walls.

   1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 110

   I hope you know the difference between a vase (/veɪ̯s/) and a vase (/vɑz/)? Thirty-five bucks.

   2018, Alan Kooi Simpson, A Eulogy for George H. W. Bush, Washington National Cathedral

2. architectureThe body of the Corinthian capital.

present singular third person vases · participle present vasing · participle past vased · past vased

1. transitiveTo place in a vase or similar container.

   She bought only pastel pencils and vased them in cups, great wooden bouquets in mugs on nightstands and kitchen chairs.

   2009, Emily Bobo, Marvin Bell, Fugue, page 21

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   After she'd finished, she picked a bouquet of wildflowers and vased them in an old mason jar. That seemed a fitting centerpiece for the table.

   2021, Christine DePetrillo, Wolf Love, page 172

plural VASEs

1. an exon of NCAM; it is thought to correlate with an inhibition of the neurite outgrowth-promoting properties of this protein