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spill vase

spill vase noun: a small vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire.

Noun

spill vase (plural spill vases)

  1. (formerly) A small vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire.
    • “Then, all the time, it was in the spill vase in Mrs. Inglethorp’s bedroom, under our very noses?” I cried.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 183

Forms of spill vase

pluralspill vases

Questions about spill vase

What does spill vase mean?
Spill vase means a small vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire.
What part of speech is spill vase?
Spill vase is a noun.
What is the plural of spill vase?
The plural of spill vase is spill vases.

Words near spill vase in the dictionary

  1. spill one's seed
  2. spill out
  3. spill over
  4. spill the beans
  5. spill the tea
  6. spill vase
  7. spill vases
  8. spillable
  9. spillage
  10. spillages
  11. Spillane

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