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How to pronounce “amphora”
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Pronunciation guide for amphora
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of amphora with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
One of the things they made was a lovely amphora,
- Definition summary
- (chiefly historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
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How to pronounce amphora
The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
One of the things they made was a lovely amphora,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “amphora”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (chiefly historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
- (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.
- (historical) A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.
- (botany) A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.
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