CARAFE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carafe mean? 

• CARAFE (noun)
  The noun CARAFE has 1 sense:

1. a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water

  Familiarity information: CARAFE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARAFE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carafe; decanter

Hypernyms ("carafe" is a kind of...):

bottle (a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped)

 Context examples 

Near the foot of the bed stood a dish of oranges and a carafe of water.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He flew and returned with a glass, the decanter of brandy and a carafe of water.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

At this point Mr. Waldron whispered to the chairman, who half rose and said something severely to his water-carafe.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At first the maid thought that young Smith was already dead, but on pouring some water from the carafe over his forehead he opened his eyes for an instant. ‘The professor,’ he murmured—‘it was she.’ The maid is prepared to swear that those were the exact words.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It has been touch and go with him,” said I, “but he’ll live now. Just open that window, and hand me the water carafe.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Professor Murray made several profound remarks to his white tie and to the water-carafe upon the table, with a humorous, twinkling aside to the silver candlestick upon his right.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was a dog howling all night under my window, which may have had something to do with it; or it may have been the paprika, for I had to drink up all the water in my carafe, and was still thirsty.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)