carafes

noun

plural of carafe
as in decanters

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  1. decanters
  2. jugs
  3. pitchers
  4. bottles
  5. cups
  6. ewers
  7. flagons
Noun
  • Even Puqio, with its hodgepodge of antiques, cowhide rugs, and crystal decanters filled with pisco and rum, felt like a time warp to a bygone era of exploration.
    — Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
  • Only 10,000 one-liter decanters exist worldwide, but as of this writing, none remain available for sale online.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of decanters
Noun
  • The traditional category, in which the San Jose nonprofit group competed, featured the use of different props such as tables, benches and wine jugs to combine technical skill with storytelling.
    — Yu Wang, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
  • Household items like gallon jugs or a suitcase loaded with books work in a pinch.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
Definition of jugs
Noun
  • In return, the Sox were sending minor-league pitchers Gabe Davis and Zach Franklin to the Mets.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Padres have too often not risen to the occasion against beatable pitchers.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of pitchers
Noun
  • Polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC, is most frequently found in pipes, credit cards, plastic bottles, electrical cable insulation, and other everyday items.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
  • When he was arrested later that day, police found five empty bottles of beer in his car.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of bottles
Noun
  • Spray cups of two 12-cup muffin pans with nonstick vegetable oil spray.
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That's good for 37 cups of espresso, or 18 cups of americano.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of cups
Noun
  • Somewhere between Venice and Paris, just as afternoon tea was served—raspberry tartlets and biscotti squisiti, coffee poured from silver ewers into porcelain cups—JR, the French artist known for his public installations, was starting to freak out.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Definition of ewers
Noun
  • After helping one of the Dutchmen lug a keg of liquor to the game, Rip drinks several flagons, passes out, and wakes up two decades later.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Definition of flagons
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