carafe

(kə-răf')
n.

1. A glass or metal bottle, often with a flared lip, used for serving water or wine.
2. A glass pot with a pouring spout, used in making coffee.

[French, from Italian caraffa, from Spanish garrafa, probably from Arabic ġarrafa, dipper, cup, from ġarafa, to ladle, scoop.]

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was once the normal Scottish term for a crystal jug for serving water. Fowler classed the Victorian English use (a water-bottle with a tumbler placed over it) as a genteelism, but its 20th century meaning, an open-necked container for serving wine, is unexceptionable.

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[kuh-RAF] A decorative beverage container, usually narrow-necked and fitted with a stopper. Carafes are generally made of glass and used for cold beverages.

[kuh-RAF] A simple clear glass (occasionally metal) container with a wide mouth used for serving wine or other beverages. Restaurants often use carafes to serve inexpensive wines. Carafes can also be used to decant older wines that have thrown sediment; however, finer wines are customarily transferred to a more elaborate container, such as a decanter.

For a list of words related to carafe, see:

• Bottles - carafe: ornamental glass vessel with narrow neck and wider mouth, used for holding water or wine
• Glass and Ceramics - carafe: liter or half-liter glass bottle, esp. for holding wine

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See words rhyming with "carafe."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - karaffel

Nederlands (Dutch)
karaf

Français (French)
n. - carafe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Karaffe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καράφα

Italiano (Italian)
caraffa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - garrafa (f) para água

Русский (Russian)
графин

Español (Spanish)
n. - garrafa, jarra

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - karaff

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
玻璃水瓶

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 玻璃水瓶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 유리 물병

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ガラス瓶

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أبريق زجاجي للنبيذ عادة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כד, לגין, בקבוק‬

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