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ewer

/ˈjuː.ə/US/ˈju.ɚ/

ewer noun: a kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle, and originally used for carrying water.

ewer: a kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle, and originally used for...
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Noun

ewer (plural ewers)

  1. A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle, and originally used for carrying water.

Proper noun capitalized: Ewer

Ewer (plural Ewers)

  1. A surname.

ewer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Sanskrit

ewer in Hindi

widemouthed pitcher
कुम्भ kumbh, कुंभ kumbh, इब्रीक़ ibrīq

ewer in Tamil

உயரமான தண்ணீர்ப் பாத்திரம், கமண்டலம், கரகம், கெண்டிகை, குண்டிகை, கோடகம்

ewer in Urdu

ewer, ibrik, pitcher
ابریق ibrīq

ewer in Sanskrit

widemouthed pitcher
कुम्भ kumbha
More languagesFewer languages
ewer in Arabic
إِبْرِيق ʔibrīq
ewer in Persian
سبو sabu, کلیزه kelize

Forms of ewer

Noun
pluralewers
Proper noun
pluralEwers

Origin of ewer

From Middle English ewer, from Anglo-Norman or Old French ewer, eawer (modern French évier), from Latin aquārium, from aqua (“water”). Doublet of aquarium.

Words formed from ewer

Words that rhyme with ewer

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about ewer

What does ewer mean?
Ewer means a kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle, and originally used for carrying water.
What is ewer in Hindi?
Ewer in Hindi is कुम्भ (kumbh), कुंभ (kumbh), इब्रीक़ (ibrīq). See Ewer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ewer?
Ewer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ewer?
Ewer is pronounced /ˈjuː.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of ewer?
The plural of ewer is ewers.

Words near ewer in the dictionary

  1. Ewelme
  2. Ewen
  3. Ewenic
  4. Ewenki
  5. Ewenny
  6. ewer
  7. ewerer
  8. ewerers
  9. ewerful
  10. ewerfuls
  11. eweries

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ewer (page history and authors); Ewer (page history and authors); ewer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ابریق (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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