Definition of ewer
: a vase-shaped pitcher or jug
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Examples of ewer in a Sentence
a silver ewer in the elaborately ornamented style favored by the Victorians
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There are bowls large enough to blow wimpy centerpieces out of the water—or off the table—and ewers too tiny even for the four-fingered hand of Mickey Mouse.
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The contest had been going on for more than a century, the cover story explained: The contest, not the old Victorian silver ewer, is the thing.
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Pinckney was at the dinner that night, trying to acknowledge and refute history over watermelon brandy, chowchow, shrimp pie, chapon chasseur, and truffled squab served with silver ewers of walnut ketchup.
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Origin and Etymology of ewer
Middle English, from Anglo-French ewer, ewier, from Latin aquarium water source, neuter of aquarius of water, from aqua water — more at island
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: a type of pitcher or jug that is shaped like a vase and that was used in the past for holding water
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