AMPHORA (amphorae)

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Irregular inflected form: amphorae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does amphora mean? 

• AMPHORA (noun)
  The noun AMPHORA has 1 sense:

1. an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine

  Familiarity information: AMPHORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMPHORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("amphora" is a kind of...):

jar (a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)