canopic vase

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   a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body

   Synonymscanopic jar

   Broaderjar

Questions about canopic vase

What does canopic vase mean?

canopic vase means "a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body".

What is another word for canopic vase?

Close synonyms include canopic jar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is canopic vase a common word?

canopic vase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.