carafe
pronunciation
How to pronounce carafe in British English:
UK [kəˈræf]
How to pronounce carafe in American English:
US [kəˈræf]
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- Noun:
- a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
Word Origin
- carafe (n.)
- 1786, from French carafe (17c.), from Italian caraffa (or Spanish garrafa), probably from Arabic gharraf "drinking cup," or Persian qarabah "a large flagon."
Example
- 1. Makes coffee directly into thermos or carafe .
- 2. Was this the carafe she drank from ?
- 3. We drank a carafe of house-wine .
- 4. Packaging : the crystal carafe of cognac comes with some history .
- 5. The strike has now exploded into a national carafe celebre .