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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Black Drip Coffee This type of coffee is brewed by slowly pouring hot water over ground coffee beans in a filter, which is set over top of a glass pot or carafe.
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Laura Schober, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Milk in a carafe at the self-service area was outside of the temperature range considered safe.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The Bodum seen here uses a reusable stainless steel filter for easy cleanup fitted inside a sleek double wall glass carafe: No buttons, no tech, just reliability.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Bonus points for the thermal carafe, which helps coffee stay hot for hours.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
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Laura Schober, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Milk in a carafe at the self-service area was outside of the temperature range considered safe.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The Bodum seen here uses a reusable stainless steel filter for easy cleanup fitted inside a sleek double wall glass carafe: No buttons, no tech, just reliability.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Bonus points for the thermal carafe, which helps coffee stay hot for hours.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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