vase

vase is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.
4. noun. The calyx of a plant.
5. noun. an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in vase:

aves, save

Common word forms

vases, vaseful

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