vase

CEFRA2

/vɑːz/

noun

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

To place in a vase or similar container.
An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

In context

Hold the vase in both hands.
a vase of flowers
She bought only pastel pencils and vased them in cups, great wooden bouquets in mugs on nightstands and kitchen chairs.

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[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
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
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

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Borrowed from Middle French vase, from Latin vās. Doublet of vas.