Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A glass or metal bottle, often with a flared lip, used for serving water or wine.
- n. A glass pot with a pouring spout, used in making coffee.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A glass water-bottle or decanter.
Wiktionary
- n. A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
- n. A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used for both serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also
croft .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
Etymologies
- First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غرفة (ghúrfa, "cup or dipper"), from غرف (ghárafa, "to ladle"). (Wiktionary)
- French, from Italian caraffa, from Spanish garrafa, probably from Arabic ġarrafa, dipper, cup, from ġarafa, to ladle, scoop; see ġrp in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Opening the door, I remove the coffee carafe from the bottom shelf, then the filter basket from the top.”
“At first glance the hourglass shaped carafe, which is corseted by a wooden neck and a string of rawhide, exudes retro bohemian style.”
“The carafe was a fine one, and the emptiness of the cups, arranged invitingly along the long table, carried an unmistakable air of expectation.”
“A carafe is a coffee pot you can pour from, but there are both glass carafes and stainless steel carafes.”
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“Traditionally decanters, essentially glass serving vessels for wine, sometimes called a carafe, were used to separate aged wines from its sediment.”
““This is not to merely plug Stein in to the ‘cubist’ slot – no argument from me that artists, even those associated with movements, are individuals – but to question whether her carafe is the product of a singleton or someone, as I’d argue, as much involved in group process as, in Stein’s own words, ‘writ [ing] for myself.’””
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“On top of the cabinet stood a set of cognac glasses, a glass carafe with cognac and a photograph of a young woman.”
“I prefer reading on the couch because then I can stretch out, put my head down on a couple of pillows, get the proper lighting behind me ... and fill the coffee table with reading essentials: a cup of coffee and a carafe for refills, some finger snacks that don't make a mess (no Doritos, sadly) ... and no kids in the house to distract me ...”
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“PepsiCo said Wednesday it began distributing Tropicana Pure Premium with carafe-style containers earlier this month in several western U.S. states.”
“The boy returns bearing a carafe of Rhenish wine, several tankards of ale, a serving of sausages, and something I have never seen before, a small, crystal vial set alone on a pewter plate.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘carafe’.
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A-R-A Words
It's an odd-looking pattern in English. Please add words if it makes you happy. :) K-POW! Wow @gulyasrobi!
scarab, Arawak, Sahara, Arab, pharaoh, caravan, carat, parachute, arachnid, Saran Wrap, Sarah, tarantella and 492 more...
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Of Arabic Origin
Arabic loanwords in English are words acquired directly from Arabic or else indirectly by passing from Arabic into other languages and then into English. Most entered one or more of the Romance lan...
admiral, adobe, albatross, alchemy, alcohol, alcove, alembic, alfalfa, algebra, algorism, algorithm, alidade and 181 more...
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TECH - furniture
The universe as IKEA sees it.
Furniture, haberdashery, household articles and a lot more. The bulk of the list (750 entries) are IKEA articles in the original English version IKEA use...active-response c..., add-on-unit for s..., adjustable slatte..., alarm clock, alkaline battery, anti-slip socks, anti-slip underlay, armchair, armrest, artificial flower, artificial garland, artificial plant ... and 830 more...
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Car- Trouble
career, careen, carom, carnage, cartwheeling, carter, caribou, carabiner, caracara, caracole, carafe, carageenan and 29 more...
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Favorite Words
pablum, maundy, histrionic, adamant, ascribe, verbiage, insouciant, erudite, gregarious, superfluous, banal, obdurate and 280 more...
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catinthehat345's List
compere, reticle, colophon, miasma, eldritch, raconteur, plectrum, poltroon, vestibular, pastiche, cravat, acumen and 179 more...
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Neww
specious, disdainfully, vehemently, in lieu of, dismissive, perpetual, preposterous, impasse, fathom, conversely, repugnant, clogged and 142 more...
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Vega's Logophile Dictionary
Words I've heard/read in use, words being learnt, words that I want to eventually use in everyday language, words that are high-brow and elitist and scholarly and obscure, words that display the wo...
parsimonious, torpor, recalcitrant, plebeian, vitriol, gumption, augur, aestival, celerity, diaphanous, farrago, nonpareil and 287 more...
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scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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inkhorn, aplomb, apotheosis, asinine, avatar, bombastic, boorish, bromide, bucolic, cagey, canvass, digress and 991 more...
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Man likes these words
danube, schadenfreude, macabre, wanderlust, epiphany, azure, zeitgeist, cerulean, ennui, rhine, abyss, mulch and 130 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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Wine Words
merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, pinot, carafe, oenology, full-bodied, robust
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Aequoria's list
affect, deleterious, nuance, pliant, verbatim, pertinent, latter, municipality, provincial, voyeuristic, circumlocution, wane and 798 more...
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Revised GRE Wordlist_2013
Vocabulary building for my quest of GRE 2013
ephemeral, esoteric, rhetoric, censure, egregious, pittance, dupe, mulct, paucity, alacrity, maintain, laconic and 997 more...
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Dain's Words
rabble, terminus, archaic, atavism, demiurge, waylay, syzygy, jocoserious, quark, entropy, cinnabar, shamble and 912 more...
Tweets
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reesetee *reminds dontcry that the carafe is insulated* May 4, 2009
dontcry Well, great! Now it's cold. May 4, 2009
reesetee *finally pours* May 4, 2009
dontcry *stares blankly into empty glass* May 2, 2009
chained_bear I say "cuh-RAFF" too. When I was a kid I said "CAHR-a-fey." Hee. May 2, 2009
gangerh Caraff. Girahff. May 2, 2009
dontcry My glass is empty. May you pour, please? May 2, 2009
reesetee Interesting. 'Round these parts it's usually "cuh-RAFF." May 2, 2009
dontcry Ca - raf (emphasize "ca") May 2, 2009
reesetee How do you pronounce this, gang? May 2, 2009
gangerh Not where I come from. Apr 30, 2009
beautifulpyre Rhymes with giraffe. Apr 30, 2009