Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A vessel used for decanting, especially a decorative bottle used for serving wine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A vessel used for receiving decanted liquors; especially, a glass bottle, more or less ornamental in character, into which wine or other liquor is poured for use on the table.
- n. One who decants liquors.
Wiktionary
- n. a vessel for decanting liquor
- n. a receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.
- n. One who decants liquors.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
Etymologies
- From decant. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“So the term decanter can be broadly defined, but it definitely doesnt mean a $300 piece of designer glass.”
“Where I come from we have a saying that a decanter is only as good as the pour (meaning to allow a good splash so the wine can oxidate while pouring).”
“Ceramic E bourbon decanter from the rear, where one might expect the Elvis bunghole.”
“Lady Bridget brought the whisky decanter from the dining room to the back veranda, and McKeith mounted the steps, the mailman remaining beside them.”
“We're going with the ship decanter, which is designed for long journeys at sea, for this Lalique tie-up.”
“If Nanny was pouring sherry then she was probably by the sideboard, using not the sherry decanter, which is always empty, but a bottle taken out of the cupboard beneath it.”
“Next, I did a browser search and found an article called "How to Clean The Inside of a Glass Bottle" aka decanter, at TipNuts.”
“That's the idea, and that's all there is to it, "added Maguire, putting the labelled decanter back in the stand.”
“Beside the decanter was a morning newspaper that was almost two days out of date.”
“In the decanter was a pale yellow fluid which held a beam of light.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘decanter’.
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Containers
Stuff that holds other stuff.
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2nd part
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A Garnish of Pewter
A list of pewter items and wares gleaned from the literature, or found listed for sale in antique catalogs - from spoons to stills and chamber pots to church cups. A synonym for the larger, heavier...
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Jugs
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Words I like mostly because of the way they sound and feel.
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
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old faves
ones I already liked
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the omnibus
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words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
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random
words I read but don't know
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Words to have topped the "most wordie...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
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