carafe









carafe


noun

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

noun

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

1786, from French carafe (17c.), from Italian caraffa (or Spanish garrafa), probably from Arabic gharraf “drinking cup,” or Persian qarabah “a large flagon.”

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