carafe

noun

ca·​rafe kə-ˈraf How to pronounce carafe (audio) -ˈräf How to pronounce carafe (audio)
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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The Molotov cocktails were made up of glass wine carafe bottles or jars with clear liquid and red rags hanging out of the them, the FBI said. Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025 The devices were made up of glass wine carafe bottles or jars with clear liquid and red rags hanging out of the them, the FBI said. Staff and Wire Reports, Boston Herald, 2 June 2025 They were made with glass wine carafes and canning jars filled with gasoline that had red rags hanging out. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 2 June 2025 The thermal carafe is stainless steel, while the nonthermal option is borosilicate glass. Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for carafe

Word History

Etymology

French, from Italian caraffa, from Arabic gharrāfa

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of carafe was in 1767

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“Carafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carafe. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

carafe

noun
ca·​rafe kə-ˈraf How to pronounce carafe (audio) -ˈräf How to pronounce carafe (audio)
: a bottle that has a lip and is used to hold water or beverages

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