1
: a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
We ordered a carafe of wine with the meal.
2
: a usually glass container used to hold and serve coffee
Examples of carafe in a Sentence
We drank a carafe of wine.
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The organic toiletries come in refillable bottles and the house sparkling water in glass carafes, while fresh flowers are harvested from the property’s farm.
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Lauren Mowery, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
Display the juices in carafes with elegant labels or festive chalkboard signs.
—Rai Mincey, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Richie shakes her head in disappointment and turns her attention to a cooling carafe of coffee.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Filtering is as easy as sticking the immersion chamber atop the carafe.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Mowery, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
Display the juices in carafes with elegant labels or festive chalkboard signs.
—Rai Mincey, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Richie shakes her head in disappointment and turns her attention to a cooling carafe of coffee.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Filtering is as easy as sticking the immersion chamber atop the carafe.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Carafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carafe. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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