ewer

noun

ˈyü-ər How to pronounce ewer (audio)
Definition of ewernext
as in pitcher
a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout a silver ewer in an elaborately ornamented style

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Recent Examples of ewer Somewhere between Venice and Paris, just as afternoon tea was served—raspberry tartlets and biscotti squisiti, coffee poured from silver ewers into porcelain cups—JR, the French artist known for his public installations, was starting to freak out. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 Inspired by antiques like cobalt glass, Egyptian glass ewers and hotel breakfast sets and mid-20th-century Italian glassware, Jacobsen came up with the Continental Collection. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 19 Nov. 2025 Paintings of elaborate feasts hang alongside beautiful and unique dishes, ewers and platters, and glimpses of recipes through historical cookbooks. — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ewer
  1. pitcher
  2. jug
  3. cup
  4. flagon
  5. bottle
Noun
  • The 2016 Cubs, along with the Toronto Blue Jays that year, are the last to have five pitchers each make at least 29 starts during a regular season.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Defense lawyers are expected to argue that the pitchers did not collude with gamblers and instead were varying the placement of pitches strategically to fool batters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of pitcher
Noun
  • The shed behind his home is practically a science lab, full of jugs and evaporators and gallons of sap.
    — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Two common types of plastic — polyethylene and polypropylene, used widely to make food containers, packaging, milk jugs and bottle caps — produced the most hydroxyl radicals detected by the researchers.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of jug
Noun
  • The poll watchers inside can bring a cup of coffee across the street to the federales every hour or so, and talk about those Hogs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
  • For those who don’t want doughnut there are cones and cups for just ice cream.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of cup
Noun
  • After helping one of the Dutchmen lug a keg of liquor to the game, Rip drinks several flagons, passes out, and wakes up two decades later.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Under a vaulted ceiling, academics, museum workers, and the octopus-curious passed around a flagon of Kraken Rum.
    — Pearse Anderson, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023
Definition of flagon
Noun
  • In Shibuya, Halloween festivities were already a nuisance — but now, officials realized there was more to worry about than empty bottles and loud music.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
  • An argument broke out, and the 25-year-old fan was beaten nearly to death, his throat slashed with a broken beer bottle.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of bottle

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“Ewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ewer. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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