vas

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a tube in which a body fluid circulates
noun a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
noun the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989

Borrowed from Latin vās (“vessel”) around 1645 through 1655. Doublet of vase.

Perfumes were burned in vases. — Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, Henryk Sienkiewicz
'Father's Japanese vases,' Lucy whispered. — The Magic City, E. (Edith) Nesbit
I do not think that Vasa knew Latin. — The Green Mummy, Fergus Hume

vessel

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