Crossword-Solution: AMPHORA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Amphora | n. | Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc. |
We have 33 clues for the answer “AMPHORA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Antique jar | 1 answer |
| Old olive oil container | 1 answer |
| Jar of antiquity | 1 answer |
| Olden jug type | 1 answer |
| Ornamental Greek jar. | 1 answer |
| Roman wine jug | 1 answer |
| Early vase. | 1 answer |
| Decorative jar | 1 answer |
| Tall ancient Greek or Roman vase | 1 answer |
| Antique oil holder | 1 answer |
| Ancient two-handled jar | 1 answer |
| Ancient storage Jar | 1 answer |
| Ancient Roman jar. | 1 answer |
| Ancient Greek storage vessel | 1 answer |
| Ancient Greek storage jar | 1 answer |
| Tall jar | 1 answer |
| Two-handled Greek vase | 1 answer |
| Two-handled jar | 1 answer |
| Two-handled vase | 1 answer |
| two-handled ancient Greek or Roman jar | 1 answer |
| Greek jar | 2 answers |
| Old wine vessel | 2 answers |
| Old Greek vase | 2 answers |
| Ancient Greek jar | 2 answers |
| Greek vase | 3 answers |
| JAR, ancient | 6 answers |
| ANCIENT jar | 6 answers |
| CERAMIC VESSEL | 11 answers |
| AN ANCIENT JAR WITH TWO HANDLES AND A NARROW NECK | 11 answers |
| Vase | 16 answers |
| Greek measure | 32 answers |
| Vessel | 60 answers |
| Jar | 60 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AMPHORA (5)
The noble amphora from Curium, figured by Di Cesnola,[7124] contains above forty representations of horses, and nearly as many of birds.
Opaque glass, much like porcelain--Description of objects in glass--Methods pursued in the manufacture--Phoenician ceramic art--Earliest specimens--Vases with geometrical designs--Incised patterning--Later efforts--Use of enamel--Great amphora of Curium--Phoenician ceramic art disappointing--Ordinary metallurgy--Implements--Weapons--Toilet articles--Lamp- stands and tripods--Works in iron and lead.
Thus the vessel was formed, and if no further ornament was required, the manufacture was complete--a jug, vase, alabastron, amphora, was produced, either transparent or of a single uniform tint, which might be white, blue, brown, green, &c., according to the particular oxide which had been thrown, with the silica and alkali, into the crucible.
The form, the designs, and the general physiognomy of the amphora are considered to be in close accordance with Athenian vases of the most antique school.
His habits were patriarchal; he ate little, drank less, and his only dissipations consisted of a luncheon in the Alamillos on very great occasions, and daily walks to a place called Mundogrande, where were often disinterred from the accumulated dust of twenty centuries, medals, bits of architecture, and occasionally an amphora or cubicularia of inestimable value.
Quotes with AMPHORA (1)
Greek customs such as wine drinking were regarded as worthy of imitation by other cultures. So the ships that carried Greek wine were carrying Greek civilization, distributing it around the Mediterranean and beyond, one amphora at a time. Wine displaced beer to become the most civilized and sophisticated of drinks — a status it has maintained ever since, thanks to its association with the intellectual achievements of Ancient Greece.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 20 times in crossword archives (1950–2020).