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Definition of Carafe
1. Noun. A bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water.
Definition of Carafe
1. n. A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft.
Definition of Carafe
1. Noun. A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages. ¹
2. Noun. A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used for both serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carafe
1. a glass bottle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carafe
Literary usage of Carafe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... Matters is said to possess one weighing 367 carafe, of the purest water, but
uncut During the end of last add the beginning of the present century the ..."
2. A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until by Louis Houck (1908)
"... in the Potter's Art—Description of Some of the Ware Discovered —Brick and
Tiles—Pemiscot Mound Covered with Brick or Burnt Clay—Bottle- shaped carafe, ..."
3. The New Housekeeping: Efficiency Studies in Home Management by Christine Frederick (1913)
"... TIME-SAVERS (2) Glass Ice-cream Freezer Which Requires No Turning (1) A carafe
Which Keeps Beverages Iced Many Hours (3) Speedy Egg-beater Designed on ..."
4. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, William Duane (1859)
"He added, that Sweden was at present greatly distressed for provisions; that many
people had actually died of hunger ! That it was reported the king carafe ..."
5. Chemistry of the Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter: An Essay by Thomas Griffiths (1846)
"As on account of the weight being so much above th< narrow support of the mouth,
the "carafe" would bi liable to fall from this upright position, ..."
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