1
: a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
We ordered a carafe of wine with the meal.
2
: a usually glass container used to hold and serve coffee
Examples of carafe in a Sentence
We drank a carafe of wine.
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Bonus points for the thermal carafe, which helps coffee stay hot for hours.
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Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 July 2025
Show more Brian described seeing the attacker holding two bottles full of a clear liquid and an exploded carafe that had already been detonated on the ground in front of him.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 2 June 2025
Hario is a Japanese manufacturer known for its affordable, quality glassware, and that history really shows with this carafe.
—Adrienne So, Wired News, 1 May 2025
Enjoy a carafe of four margaritas for the price of two ($34), with one flavor per carafe.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 July 2025
Show more Brian described seeing the attacker holding two bottles full of a clear liquid and an exploded carafe that had already been detonated on the ground in front of him.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 2 June 2025
Hario is a Japanese manufacturer known for its affordable, quality glassware, and that history really shows with this carafe.
—Adrienne So, Wired News, 1 May 2025
Enjoy a carafe of four margaritas for the price of two ($34), with one flavor per carafe.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for carafe
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“Carafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carafe. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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