Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the general form of a gourd—that is, having a slender neck, small mouth, and large swelling body; lageniform.
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Examples
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The gourd-shaped vase, covered in lotus flowers and vine-like tendrils, was made in the Imperial workshops of Qianlong.
Ode to a Chinese Vase: A Record Sale for $32.4 Million Kelly Crow 2010
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Sotheby The gourd-shaped vase, covered in lotus flowers and vine-like tendrils, was made in the Imperial workshops of Qianlong.
Ode to a Chinese Vase: A Record Sale for $32.4 Million Kelly Crow 2010
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A beer basket is a very finely woven basket, often somewhat gourd-shaped.
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“Kumkam,” a gourd-shaped bottle of metal, china or glass, still used for sprinkling scents.
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In front of her she held a hollow, gourd-shaped half rock.
Promise of the Wolves Dorothy Hearst 2008
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In front of her she held a hollow, gourd-shaped half rock.
Promise of the Wolves Dorothy Hearst 2008
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In front of her she held a hollow, gourd-shaped half rock.
Promise of the Wolves Dorothy Hearst 2008
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The centerpiece is a traditional tearoom decorated with Yayoi Kusama's trademark multicolored polka dots and a giant gourd-shaped helium balloon.
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They also had drinking horns and gourd-shaped utensils from which they lapped their broth and similar greasy, congealed, unwashed abominations.
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The two bridesmaids presented each of them with an empty gourd-shaped vase, which they exchanged with each other, and then the bridesmaids left.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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