Ewer

Definition: Ewer

Ewer

Noun

1. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.

Date "ewer" was first used: sometime around 1380. (references)

Synonym: Ewer

Synonym: pitcher (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Receptacle	Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Ewer

Etymologies containing "ewer": Aqua, Aquarium. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Segler im Gezeitenstrom : die Biografie d. hölzernen Ewer (reference) Vom Ewer zum Containerschiff : die Entwicklung der deutschen Küstenmotorschiffe (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Ewer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ewer" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	26	68,323

The following table summarizes the usage of "ewer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Ewer	Last name	200	32,051
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "ewer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kanë (carafe, have, jug, jugful, pitcher). (various references)

Arabic		‏كوز (cone, ear, jug, mug, tankard), ‏إبريق (jug, pitcher, tankard). (various references)

Bulgarian		кана (can, canna, cannach, jug, pitcher, pot). (various references)

Czech		konev (can). (various references)

French		broc, aiguière. (various references)

German		wasserkrug (water jug). (various references)

Greek		κανάτα (flagon, jug, pitcher, stoup). (various references)

Hebrew		קיתון (jug, ladle, pitcher), ק� קן (can, flagon, flask, jar, phial, tankard), כ�" (jug, mug, oval, pitcher, rounded, stoup, vase, vessel). (various references)

Hungarian		vizeskancsó (carafe, water jug, water pitcher). (various references)

Italian		brocca (can, glass jug, jug, pitcher). (various references)

Manx		cruishtin (cruse, pitcher, water jug). (various references)

Pig Latin		eweray

Portuguese		ovelha (ewe, sheep), jarro (arum, box, can, crock, jar, jug, jugful, pitcher, vessel, wine jar), caneco (jug), cadeia (cage, calaboose, cascade, catena, chain, choky, clink, cufflink, fetter, gaol, jail, jug, network, orlop, penitentiary, pokey, prison, prison house, quad, quod, shackle, stockade, ward, warp), cântaro (cantharis, jug, jugful, pitcher, pot, stoop), bilha (jug, pitcher). (various references)

Romanian		canã de apã. (various references)

Russian		кувшин (jar, jug, jugful, pitcher). (various references)

Scottish		padhal. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bokal (carafe, decanter, pitcher). (various references)

Spanish		aguamanil. (various references)

Swedish		handkanna (pitcher, water-jag). (various references)

Thai		คนโท. (various references)

Turkish		ibrik (kettle, pitcher). (various references)

Ukranian		глечик (jug, pitcher), глек (jug). (various references)

Vietnamese		bình đựng nước (water-bottle). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Old French	900-1400	eviere. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ewer": ewers. (additional references)
	Words ending with "ewer": brewer, chewer, fewer, hewer, interviewer, microbrewer, newer, nonviewer, previewer, renewer, reviewer, screwer, sewer, shewer, skewer, spewer, strewer, televiewer, viewer. (additional references)
	Words containing "ewer": breweries, brewers, brewery, chewers, hewers, interviewers, microbreweries, microbrewers, microbrewery, nonviewers, previewers, renewers, reviewers, screwers, sewerage, sewerages, sewered, sewering, sewers, shewers, skewered, skewering, skewers, spewers, strewers, televiewers, viewers, viewership, viewerships. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ewer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awer, Awwrr, eawe, eber, eder, Edwa, eeer, eewe, eher, Eier, eker, eler, Elwert, ener, eowe, eower, eper, erer, Eser, eter, euer, euere, eueri, Euwe, ewa, ewar, ewarn, ewea, eweb, ewec, ewed, ewee, eweek, ewel, ewelry, Ewert, ewet, ewev, ewi, ewie, ewig, ewo, ewoe, Eworp, ewu, ewy, exer, Eyer, Ezeer, Gewerbe, hwer, iewer, jewer, mewar, mewer, ower, pewer, swer, twer, weer, weor, wer, werr. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ewer" (pronounced yuw"er)
3	y uw" er	fewer, Hewer, reviewer, skewer, viewer.
2	-uw" er	bluer, brewer, chewer, Dewar, fluor, newer, pursuer, sewer, truer, wrongdoer.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: weer, were.
	Words within the letters "e-e-r-w"
	-1 letter: ere, ewe, ree, wee.
	-2 letters: er, re, we.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-r-w"
	+1 letter: ewers, fewer, hewer, newer, renew, resew, rewed, rewet, sewer, sweer, weber, where.
	+2 letters: beware, brewed, brewer, chewer, crewed, crewel, dewier, drawee, erenow, hewers, lewder, mewler, pewter, rechew, redrew, reflew, regrew, renews, resewn, resews, review, rewake, reweds, reweld, rewets, rewire, rewoke, rewove, sewers, shewer, skewer, spewer, swerve, viewer, weaker, weaner, wearer, weaver, webers, wedder, weeder, weeper, weever, weiner, welder, welter, wester, wether, wetter, wheres, wherve, wiener.
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