Look up: amphora

1. Amphora
   two-handled clay jar used to store liquids by ancient Greek and Roman traders.
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2. Amphora
   Large round ceramic container used for transportation and storage of goods. Used from antiquity until the 16th century or so. Used for wine, oil, olives, grain, etc, etc. Amphoras in a shipwreck can often tell the age and nationality of the wreck. More info.
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3. amphora
   [n] - an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck
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4. Amphora
   A type of ceramic vase, used for transporting and storing wine in ancient times.
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5. amphora
   A two-handled narrow-necked storage jar used in the Graeco-Roman world, usually made of clay. There are two main types. The first, with a pointed base, was essentially used as a container for...
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6. amphora
   A heavy pottery storage jar, often shaped like a tall vase with handles and a pointed base. Amphorae came in many forms - tall and slim, fat and round - but all could be stacked against one another. The neck was usually plugged with wood and a painted inscription recorded the nature, quantity and owner of the contents. They were the universal means…
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7. amphora
   Two-handled jar with a rounded body and narrow neck. Amphorae were used in ancient Greece, Rome and China for storing wine and oil. They re-emerged in an ornamental guise in 18thC Europe, particularly in NEOCLASSICAL silverwear and as a decorative motif-on ANTWERP lace, for example.
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8. Amphora
   Am'pho·ra noun ; plural Amophoræ [ Latin , from Greek ..., ..., a jar with two handles; ... + ... bearer, ... to bear. Confer Ampul .] Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
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9. amphora
   noun an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
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10. Amphora
    • (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
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11. amphora
    ancient Roman unit of capacity for grain and liquid products equal to 48 sextarii and equivalent to about 27.84 litres (7.36 U.S. gallons). The term ... [2 related articles]
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12. amphora
    one of the principal vessel shapes in Greek pottery, a two-handled pot with a neck narrower than the body. There are two types of amphora: the neck ... [7 related articles]
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13. amphora
    amphora, amphorous 1. A large two-handled storage jar. 2. A narrow-necked jar used in ancient Greece and Rome, usually made of clay, with a narrow neck and two handles, used for holding oil or wine 3. Contraction of amphiphoreus, from amphi-, 'on both sides' plus phoreus 'bearer, carrier' and pher...
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14. Amphora
    An amphora was a Roman two-handled vessel, generally made of clay, used for holding, wine, oil, honey and the bones or ashes of the dead. The amphora was a Roman unit of liquid measure containing 48 sectari, equivalent to about six gallons, the Greek amphora holding about nine gallons.
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15. Amphora
    An ancient wine jar, made of clay, with two handles on opposite sides near the top. Amphorae are periodically discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, where they have lain for centuries, since the shipwrecks that left them there.
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16. Amphora
    An `amphora` (plural: `amphorae` or `amphoras`) is a type of vase-shaped ceramic container with two handles and a long neck narrower than the body. The word amphora is Latin, derived from the Greek amphoreus (), an abbreviation of amphiphoreus (), a compound word combining am...
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17. Amphora
    (unit) The `amphora`, or amphora quadrantal was a unit for measuring liquids or bulk goods in the Roman Empire, and for estimating the size of ships and the production of vineyards. The volume of a standard amphora is equal to one cubic foot. Thus the Roman amphora (one foot ~29.6&...
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