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carafe

[ kuh-raf, -rahf ]

noun

  1. a wide-mouthed glass or metal bottle with a lip or spout, for holding and serving beverages.


carafe

/ -ˈrɑːf; kəˈræf /

noun

    1. an open-topped glass container for serving water or wine at table
    2. ( as modifier )

      a carafe wine

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carafe1

1780–90; < French < Italian caraff ( a ) < Spanish garrafa, perhaps < dialectal Arabic 󲹰ڲ dipper, drinking vessel
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carafe1

C18: from French, from Italian caraffa, from Spanish garrafa, from Arabic 󲹰ڲ vessel
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But the people who bring his family carafes of vodka and fancy tumblers do.

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As they talk and drink carafes of wine, their conversation wrinkles with the private riptides of aggression and jealousy that flow under their relationship.

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For wines, the best deals are the $45-$55 wine bottles; a server will pour the wine into a plastic carafe for you to take back to your seat.

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And in my seminar rooms these past few weeks, my classmates and I hydrated all day long from large carafes filled directly from the tap, with nary a cube in sight.

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I shut my laptop, grabbed my bag and walked four minutes down to the Tweet patio, where I was seated in the sunshine with my cake and carafes.

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