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a special glass container into which wine, whiskey, etc., is poured from its original container and from which it is served
The waiter served us wine from an elegant decanter. a decanter of port
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Recent Examples of decanter
Their distinctive products include lowball tumblers, decanters, and pitchers as well as decor like holiday ornaments.
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Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
As the menu puts it, when there’s not enough left in the bottle to make a proper cocktail, the gin goes into a decanter and the whiskey into a barrel.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Wide-neck decanters also pose less of a challenge for cleaning.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
This sculptural whisky decanter will look like an art piece on their bar cart.
—Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 25 Aug. 2025
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Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
As the menu puts it, when there’s not enough left in the bottle to make a proper cocktail, the gin goes into a decanter and the whiskey into a barrel.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Wide-neck decanters also pose less of a challenge for cleaning.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
This sculptural whisky decanter will look like an art piece on their bar cart.
—Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decanter
Noun
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The Jays weren’t going to pop bottles of champagne in the clubhouse after a sweep and wear ski goggles to keep the streaming beer out of their eyes.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Use a spray bottle to thoroughly mist the couch with neutral cleaner.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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The bespoke fragrance service Floris offers is not an especially expensive process; a two-hour consultation costs £750 and includes a 100ml flask in Floris’s Art Deco glass design.—
Sarah Turner,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Then Gilmore flamed out, lost everything, and became a dedicated boozer, making flasks out of everything from cucumbers to cuckoo clocks.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
25 July 2025
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Other families were seen pushing and pulling makeshift wagons piled high with mattresses, empty jugs of water, clothes and other basics needed for survival.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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No matter the time of day, there’s usually a cluster of people standing around it, each of them filling up empty bottles and gallon jugs.—
Caroline Rogers,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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Before, the restaurant proprietor might not even know what wine was in the carafe.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The brewing cone sits inside the carafe, and that compact layout helps the water stay hotter through the brewing process, which is better for flavor extraction.—
Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Matt Chapman’s hearing scheduled Matt Chapman, who received a one-game suspension for shoving Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland on Tuesday, has an appeal hearing scheduled via teleconference Thursday.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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All rights reserved The Arizona Diamondbacks traded both corner infielders, including the NL’s leading home run hitter, and their most efficient pitcher at the July 31 trade deadline.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Decanter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decanter. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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