AMPHORA
- a two-handled jar [n AMPHORAS or AMPHORAE]
- a narrow-necked jar used in ancient Greece [n AMPHORAE, AMPHORAS] : AMPHORAL [adj]
- large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awar