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
Dating back to more than 4,000 years ago, the golden ewer is believed by experts to have been made as a funerary gift by Haitian people of Anatolia in the 3rd century B.C.E.
The artifact came into the museum’s collection as a gift from its previous owner.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2021
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
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
Dating back to more than 4,000 years ago, the golden ewer is believed by experts to have been made as a funerary gift by Haitian people of Anatolia in the 3rd century B.C.E.
The artifact came into the museum’s collection as a gift from its previous owner.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2021
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ewer
Noun
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All five of those pitchers, including Abbott, are now All-Stars.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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Arizona’s Zac Gallen is another pitcher with the reputation of an ace who has had a tough time this season, though teammate Merrill Kelly might be more attainable anyway.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
8 July 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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The cup involves the Current and three other teams: the NWSL’s Chicago Stars, Corinthians SC and Palmeiras, both of whom play in Brasileirão Feminino A1, the top league for Brazilian women’s soccer.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 July 2025
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The ear cups are wrapped in a woven cloth to give them a robust finish.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
13 July 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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Across the stage, Healy consumes seven chew bars, three gels, and four and a half energy drink bottles.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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It's rumored that there are 18 holes on a course because there are 18 shots in a bottle of scotch.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Ewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ewer. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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