Carafe Definition

kə-răf
carafes
noun
carafes
A glass bottle for serving wine, water, or coffee.
Webster's New World
A glass pot with a pouring spout, used in making coffee.
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Other Word Forms of Carafe

Noun

Singular:
carafe
Plural:
carafes

Origin of Carafe

  • French from Italian caraffa from Spanish garrafa probably from Arabic ġarrafa dipper, cup from ġarafa to ladle, scoop ġrp in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غرفة (ghúrfa, “cup or dipper”), from غرف (ghárafa, “to ladle”).

    From Wiktionary

Carafe Sentence Examples

  • She waited until the door closed before crossing to the carafe and refilling her glass.

  • The glass carafe exploded.

  • Iced water in a carafe for drinking purposes can be produced in about three minutes.

  • Hating himself for it, he walked directly to the dresser and drank the entire contents of the large carafe of blood he found there.

  • The place to go to share a carafe with your mate when the sun is shining.

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Words Starting With

CCACAR

Words Ending With

EFEAFE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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