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spill vases

spill vases is the plural of spill vase.

Meaning of spill vase

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

Questions about spill vases

What is spill vases the plural of?
Spill vases is the plural of spill vase.

Words near spill vases in the dictionary

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

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