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# vase

noun (vase, vases)

«vase» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A vase is a container, often tall and pretty, for holding flowers in water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#m1)
2. A vase can also be an ornament that stands on its own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#m2)

### In the lessons

a place or container: flowers in a vase; flowers shared equally into vases; in art, a vase is often drawn in a still life

### Examples

- There were 6 roses in the vase. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x1)
- She put 24 flowers into 4 vases equally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x2)
- Each vase holds 5 flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x3)
- How many flowers are in the vase now? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x4)
- Fill the vase with water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x5)
- The cat knocked over the vase. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x6)
- Grandma's vase is very old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x7)
- He painted a vase of sunflowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x8)
- The glass vase broke into pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x9)
- She put the tulips in a blue vase. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x10)
- Why, I did not even know that the vase had olives in it! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/#x11)

### Note

A container: «into N vases equally» divides, «each vase holds N» multiplies. Trap: vases are not the flowers. Americans often say «vayss», Britons «vahz».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vase» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vase» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vase.html) on Mova free.