VASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vase mean? 

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

1. an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VASE (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 

"Buy the vases," whispered Amy to Laurie, as a final heaping of coals of fire on her enemy's head.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“I pray that my vase may join them,” said the prince.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And I took a rose from a vase and fastened it in her sash.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I fear that they will have little to shout over this tourney, for my gold vase has small prospect of crossing the water.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To May's great delight, Mr. Laurence not only bought the vases, but pervaded the hall with one under each arm.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Mrs. Fairfax was dusting some vases of fine purple spar, which stood on a sideboard.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

For the Captal du Buch hath sworn that he will find five knights from this side of the water who will ride over any five Englishmen who ever threw leg over saddle; and Chandos hath taken up the challenge, and the prince hath promised a golden vase for the man who carries himself best, and all the court is in a buzz over it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That satisfied Amy, and when she got home she found the vases paraded on the parlor chimney piece with a great bouquet in each.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They were delighted with the renovation and decorations of their rooms; with the new drapery, and fresh carpets, and rich tinted china vases: they expressed their gratification ungrudgingly.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Amy's dainty pen-and-ink work entirely eclipsed May's painted vases—that was one thorn.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)