amphora
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Post-ride, we’d have breakfast at Amphora in Herndon.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2021
Those who stop by the Amphora Diner Deluxe in Herndon, Virginia, most Tuesday nights might think of it as a typical spot for burgers, drinks or desserts, but it is much more.
From Washington Times • Sep. 1, 2014
Some of its limited-edition bottles — like one for Chandelier Amphora, filled with 42 ounces of one of their 43 scents — sold out, at $2,500 to $3,500 apiece.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2011
Arp's abstract marble, Configurations of Serpent Movements, was cleared because its title suggests it was modeled on "imitations of natural objects," whereas Arp's equally abstract Dream Amphora had to pay.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amphora, am′fō-ra, n. a two-handled vessel or jar used by the Greeks and Romans for holding liquids.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Vocabulary lists containing amphora
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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