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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This beautiful carafe from Amazon has a tumbler that doubles as a lid to keep water or another liquid clean for drinking.
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
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
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
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
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 8 Jul. 2025.
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