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VASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vase" is a kind of...):
jar (a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vase"):
urn (a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet)
Context examples:
Thursday came: all work had been completed the previous evening; carpets were laid down, bed-hangings festooned, radiant white counterpanes spread, toilet tables arranged, furniture rubbed, flowers piled in vases: both chambers and saloons looked as fresh and bright as hands could make them.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Her solitary breakfast did not taste good, and the room seemed lonely and untidy, for Jo had not filled the vases, Beth had not dusted, and Amy's books lay scattered about.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The hall, too, was scoured; and the great carved clock, as well as the steps and banisters of the staircase, were polished to the brightness of glass; in the dining-room, the sideboard flashed resplendent with plate; in the drawing-room and boudoir, vases of exotics bloomed on all sides.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"Here's your posy, Mother! Laurie never forgets that," she said, putting the fresh nosegay in the vase that stood in 'Marmee's corner', and was kept supplied by the affectionate boy.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Jo couldn't resist giving that little slap, but May took it so meekly she regretted it a minute after, and fell to praising the great vases, which still remained unsold.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"I ought, but I don't," thought Amy, as her eye went from the bright page to May's discontented face behind the big vases, that could not hide the vacancies her pretty work had once filled.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
But it has blossomed in the night, and now I mean to put it in my vase here, so that when the darling wakes, the first thing she sees will be the little rose, and Mother's face.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Not a very splendid show, but there was a great deal of love done up in the few little bundles, and the tall vase of red roses, white chrysanthemums, and trailing vines, which stood in the middle, gave quite an elegant air to the table.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
People who hire all these things done for them never know what they lose, for the homeliest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them, and Meg found so many proofs of this that everything in her small nest, from the kitchen roller to the silver vase on her parlor table, was eloquent of home love and tender forethought.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
On the table she laid her little testament and hymnbook, kept a vase always full of the best flowers Laurie brought her, and came every day to 'sit alone' thinking good thoughts, and praying the dear God to preserve her sister.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
