Definitions for amphora

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amphora am·pho·ra

Spelling: [am-fer-uh]

IPA: /ˈæm fər ə/

Amphora is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in amphora (aahmopr).

Definitions for amphora

noun

1. a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.

Origin of amphora

1300-50; Middle English Latin Greek amphoreús, equivalent to am(phi)- amphi- + phoreús bearer (i.e., handle), akin to phérein to bear

Examples for amphora

And clapping the amphora to his lips, he drained it at one draught.

I should say an amphora, which is a Greek word and more high-sounding.

Your idea, Symphorien, seems to be to drain that amphora to the very bottom.

Standing on the table was an amphora of gilt pasteboard which fostered this illusion.

She was there, in the sun and surrounded by vermin, as pure as an amphora, fragrant as a flower.

It was equal to one-third of the amphora, and therefore to nearly two gallons English.

It was the custom to write the age of the wine and the vintage on the amphora, or cask.

And by the time the last American troops pulled out in 2011, the Iraqi amphora might not have looked like new.

Nay, belike the amphora will be made hot for one or the other.

The index-finger hole is very large and eccentric, forming the handle of the "amphora."