English Explanatory Dictionary

broken vessel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.

Pronunciation

en-au-broken vessel.ogg

Word forms

broken vessel broken vessels

Etymology

From Old Testament symbolism that people are like clay vessels.

Related words

potsherd

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