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Demijohn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A large, narrow-necked bottle made of glass or earthenware, usually encased in wickerwork.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A large glass vessel or bottle with a bulging body and small neck, usually cased in wickerwork, but sometimes in a wooden box with a notch in the top extending over the neck of the vessel, for convenience in pouring out its contents.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork

Word Usage

"The bridge was named after the stone structure shaped like a "demijohn" Harbaugh placed on the east end of the bridge."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

bottle

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

carboy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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