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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Meals here start with a large carafe of water and end with complimentary orange slices.
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Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
Designed by Dean Maltz, a New York City architect, the handblown carafe is $260.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, New York Times, 9 May 2024
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Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
Designed by Dean Maltz, a New York City architect, the handblown carafe is $260.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, New York Times, 9 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for carafe
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“Carafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carafe. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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