From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishewerew‧er /ˈjuːə $ ˈjuːər/ noun [countable] DFUa large container for water, that was used in the past
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ewer• There a servant hastened to them with water in a golden ewer which she poured over their fingers into a silver bowl.• He supplied a magnificent ewer and rosewater basin to the company's order in 1741, richly chased with rococo ornament.• Unlike a conventional photograph, an image of both sides of the ewer is produced on the radiographic film.• The tin lead soft solder used on the ewer is very dense to X-rays and appears as white patches on the radiograph. 