<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A 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 awarded to the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.</li></ul><p><strong>Plural</strong></p><ul><li>Am·pho·rae, am·pho·ras.</li></ul>