Meaning & use
amphora
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A tall ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck, used especially by the Greeks and Romans to store wine or oil.
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Archaeologists uncovered dozens of intact amphorae from the sunken ship.
The museum displayed a decorated amphora depicting a scene from Greek mythology.
A note on using this word
The plural is "amphorae" or "amphoras"; the word is most often encountered in archaeology and history.
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