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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Pair the coasters with this chic carafe or a matching wine decanter.
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Lauren Joseph, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
This beautiful carafe from Amazon has a tumbler that doubles as a lid to keep water or another liquid clean for drinking.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
Tropicana ditched its distinctive carafe, with its circular shape, thinning neck, and crown-like bottle cap.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The double-wall stainless-steel thermal carafe ensures hot coffee for pouring throughout the day.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 21 Feb. 2025
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Lauren Joseph, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
This beautiful carafe from Amazon has a tumbler that doubles as a lid to keep water or another liquid clean for drinking.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
Tropicana ditched its distinctive carafe, with its circular shape, thinning neck, and crown-like bottle cap.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The double-wall stainless-steel thermal carafe ensures hot coffee for pouring throughout the day.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 21 Feb. 2025
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 24 Apr. 2025.
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