carafe
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ca·rafe

noun \kə-ˈraf, -ˈräf\

Definition of CARAFE

1
: a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
2
: a usually glass container used to hold and serve coffee

Examples of CARAFE

  1. We drank a carafe of wine.

Origin of CARAFE

French, from Italian caraffa, from Arabic gharrāfa
First Known Use: 1767

Other Household Terms

cruet, curiosity, duvet, fiasco, sham, taper, valance, whatnot

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