as in pitcher
a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout
a silver ewer in an elaborately ornamented style
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Recent Examples of ewer
Paintings of elaborate feasts hang alongside beautiful and unique dishes, ewers and platters, and glimpses of recipes through historical cookbooks.
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2024
Among these are an Indo-Portuguese brass and mother-of-pearl ewer from the early 17th century, and Carolina’s favorite: a portrait of Doña Isidora Navarro, a daughter of a large, upper-class Spanish family.
—Caitie Kelly Kin Woo Kate Guadagnino Nicole Demarco Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
The display opens with a few ancient artifacts, including a 2nd-century Roman ewer that belongs to another Washington mansion turned museum: the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Georgetown.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
The pair collaborated with artisans in Portland, Ore., to produce handmade ewers and chalices, which can be used to serve drinks or as décor.
—Lindsey Tramuta , New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Among the biggest sellers was a blue and white vessel known as a ewer, which sold for 107.5 million Hong Kong dollars ($13.7 million).
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
The daily wash usually involved collecting water in a ewer, heating it, then pouring it into a large basin to be used for scrubbing.
—Eleanor Janega, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
At medieval banquets, a ewer -- an impressive jug filled with rose water -- and basins for slop water would be taken around so that guests could deal with the sticky finger problem.
—Washington Post, 28 June 2021
The researcher Kathleen Walker-Meikle contributed an essay on the history of hand washing, featuring a seventeenth-century Iranian ewer, used for the Muslim ritual of wudu, and a nineteen-sixties British sink.
—Andrew Dickson, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2020
Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2024
Among these are an Indo-Portuguese brass and mother-of-pearl ewer from the early 17th century, and Carolina’s favorite: a portrait of Doña Isidora Navarro, a daughter of a large, upper-class Spanish family.
—Caitie Kelly Kin Woo Kate Guadagnino Nicole Demarco Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
The display opens with a few ancient artifacts, including a 2nd-century Roman ewer that belongs to another Washington mansion turned museum: the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Georgetown.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
The pair collaborated with artisans in Portland, Ore., to produce handmade ewers and chalices, which can be used to serve drinks or as décor.
—Lindsey Tramuta , New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Among the biggest sellers was a blue and white vessel known as a ewer, which sold for 107.5 million Hong Kong dollars ($13.7 million).
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
The daily wash usually involved collecting water in a ewer, heating it, then pouring it into a large basin to be used for scrubbing.
—Eleanor Janega, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
At medieval banquets, a ewer -- an impressive jug filled with rose water -- and basins for slop water would be taken around so that guests could deal with the sticky finger problem.
—Washington Post, 28 June 2021
The researcher Kathleen Walker-Meikle contributed an essay on the history of hand washing, featuring a seventeenth-century Iranian ewer, used for the Muslim ritual of wudu, and a nineteen-sixties British sink.
—Andrew Dickson, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ewer
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The Dodgers announced their signing of Ohtani on Dec. 11, while the San Francisco Giants didn't pick up Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Blake Snell until March 19, less than two weeks before Opening Day.David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Lopez wasn't alone among pitchers who made the transition from a bullpen to a starting rotation after signing as a free agent last winter.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.Staff report, Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
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Councell tapped a plastic jug the size of a garden shed containing sugar water, nearby another full of corn syrup.Bill Weir, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
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Note: To halve this recipe use 3 cups broth, ½ cup pasta, 2 eggs and 2 lemons.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Starbucks has released a new holiday cup collection as the company kicks off the fall season this month.Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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No detail was overlooked — down to the drink’s flagon.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 12 Sep. 2024
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Their crop: wine, so fine the poet Dante sang its praises and medieval kings and popes guzzled it by the flagon.Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023
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Even the bar shelves are special, using a bespoke carousel system to transport bottles from the ground-floor bar to the mezzanine and vice versa at the touch of a button.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Kawakubo dreamed up its asymmetric bottle, resembling a pebble that has to lie flat.Jennifer Weil, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Ewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ewer. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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