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
Peer at the pendulous breasts on a Medici workshop ewer or those on a screeching siren centered on an 18th-century scalloped sweetmeat dish.
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Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
Paintings of elaborate feasts hang alongside beautiful and unique dishes, ewers and platters, and glimpses of recipes through historical cookbooks.
—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
Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
Paintings of elaborate feasts hang alongside beautiful and unique dishes, ewers and platters, and glimpses of recipes through historical cookbooks.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ewer
Noun
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Each set includes a pitcher, four place settings with a dinner plate, salad plate, large bowl, low bowl, dinner napkin, drinking glass.—
Erika Owen,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2025
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Near the end of what turned out to be a 5-2 loss to Houston during the Twins’ home opener at Target Field, Minnesota pitchers were looking to do something never done before to Altuve — strike him out five times in a game.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Add 2 cups water and a generous pinch or two of salt; bring to a boil.—
Kelly Brant,
Arkansas Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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Pour in 1/2 cup of tart cherry juice, then mix in the magnesium powder.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The resort is also 95% plastic free, offering reusable aluminum bottles to be used at water stations and there’s also sustainable service ware.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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Using a bottle jack to adjust the height of the staircase.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Ewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ewer. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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