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Definition of Decanter
1. Noun. A bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water.
Definition of Decanter
1. n. A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.
Definition of Decanter
1. Noun. a vessel for decanting liquor ¹
2. Noun. a receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decanter
1. a decorative bottle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decanter
Literary usage of Decanter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Whimsey Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1906)
"SONG OF THE decanter reed-like hollow neck the wildest notes it blew. ...
There was an old decanter, and its mouth was gaping wide; the rosy wine had ebbed ..."
2. Corinthian Hellenistic Pottery by G. Roger Edwards (1975)
"The time of the introduction and the beginning of production of decanter III can
... 59) that decanter III is a modified continuation of decanter II. ..."
3. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... rolling a quid of tobacco in his mouth ; Justice Dogberry, seated in all the
majesty of law. reinforced by a decanter of whiskey and some tumblers, ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"... and I wish I may have enough to cool a decanter when you come to Abbotsford,
as I trust your Lordship will be likely to be here next autumn. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... Backhanders (common), one who keeps back the decanter in order to hand himself
a second glass before he passes it. Also, a drink out of turn. ..."
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