noun
- a wide-mouthed glass or metal bottle with a lip or spout, for holding and serving beverages.
noun
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- an open-topped glass container for serving water or wine at table
- (as modifier)a carafe wine
1786, from French carafe (17c.), from Italian caraffa (or Spanish garrafa), probably from Arabic gharraf “drinking cup,” or Persian qarabah “a large flagon.”