Vase
A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.
A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.
The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.
The calyx of a plant.
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Vase Quotations
Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.
Derek Walcott
I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower.
Juliette Binoche
You can only mend the vase so many times before you have to chuck it away.
Christine McVie
The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
Malcolm De Chazal
Vase Translations
vase in Danish is beholder
vase in Dutch is vaas, vat, pot, pul
vase in Finnish is astia
vase in German is Vase
vase in Italian is vaso, vaso da fiori
vase in Portuguese is vaso
vase in Swedish is vas
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