Amphora

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  • noun. A two-handled jar with a narrow neck used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to carry wine or oil.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Among the Greeks and Romans, a vessel, usually tall and slender, having two handles or ears, a narrow neck, and generally a sharp-pointed base for insertion into a stand or into the ground: used for holding wine, oil, honey, grain, etc.
  • noun. A liquid measure of the Greeks and Romans.
  • noun. In botany, the permanent basal portion of a pyxidium.
  • noun. [capitalized] [NL.] In zoology: A genus of Polygastrica. Ehrenberg. A genus of coleopterous insects. Wollaston.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A two handled jar with a narrow neck that was used in ancient times to store or carry wine or oils.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
  • Word Usage
    "A single character combining a question mark and an exclamation - called an interrobang - didn't catch on because it doesn't read well in small sizes and never made it to standard keyboards, while, thanks to email addresses, the @, also known as an amphora, has become ubiquitous."
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