as in bottle
a special glass container into which wine, whiskey, etc., is poured from its original container and from which it is served
The waiter served us wine from an elegant decanter. a decanter of port
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Recent Examples of decanter
The worlds of sneakerhead culture, sports, art, and tequila have finally collided, and the result is one of the most unique looking liquor decanters out there.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
Amber & Opal bottles also serve as decanters, with an intentional sleek design, standing taller than the average whiskey bottle on a bar or store shelf.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 27 Dec. 2024
That price includes the decanter and a bottle of 1800 Cristalino that fits inside of it.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
Whiskey decanter Another film and television inspired gift idea draws from a professional working man’s office encapsulated within four oak or wallpaper-covered walls like those of Richard Gilmore, Harvey Specter and Don Draper.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
Amber & Opal bottles also serve as decanters, with an intentional sleek design, standing taller than the average whiskey bottle on a bar or store shelf.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 27 Dec. 2024
That price includes the decanter and a bottle of 1800 Cristalino that fits inside of it.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
Whiskey decanter Another film and television inspired gift idea draws from a professional working man’s office encapsulated within four oak or wallpaper-covered walls like those of Richard Gilmore, Harvey Specter and Don Draper.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decanter
Noun
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Manufactured objects — plastic bottles, ballpoint pens, concrete buildings, teabags, wind turbines, cell phones, T-shirts, aluminum cans — outweigh the living world and will form distinctive, if sometimes hard to interpret, clues to our existence.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Event highlights Include: tastings from each culinary team; a complimentary happy hour; sip stations; live music by guitarist Craig Smith; and a chance to grab a mystery bottle of wine valued at $30+ for just $25 at the Wine Wall hosted by Modest Wine of Winter Park.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the courtyard of the Paris Observatory, all 11 of his flasks turned cloudy with multiplying germs.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Its bottle, which evokes a liquor flask in candy pink, mirrors the scent’s sweetly scandalous vibe.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.—
Staff report,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Dec. 2022
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Councell tapped a plastic jug the size of a garden shed containing sugar water, nearby another full of corn syrup.—
Bill Weir,
CNN,
12 Dec. 2022
Noun
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Tropicana ditched its distinctive carafe, with its circular shape, thinning neck, and crown-like bottle cap.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Black and Decker 12-cup coffee maker has a stainless steel carafe that’ll keep your coffee warm for hours.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article GLENDALE, Ariz. — Drew Thorpe joined the Chicago White Sox organization last spring after being acquired as a key part of the trade that sent pitcher Dylan Cease to the San Diego Padres.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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The club has announced that pitcher Cole Ragans will be the opening day starter.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Decanter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decanter. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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