1
: a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
We ordered a carafe of wine with the meal.
2
: a usually glass container used to hold and serve coffee
Examples of carafe in a Sentence
We drank a carafe of wine.
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The thermal carafe is stainless steel, while the nonthermal option is borosilicate glass.
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Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 23 May 2025
While there’s a wide selection of cute espresso machines wandering about the internet, there’s a baffling absence of aesthetic coffee makers, especially those with carafe capability.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 27 Mar. 2025
All parts need to be hand-washed, and the carafe calls for occasional descaling.
—Rennie Dyball, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Somewhere between pour-over and those large-format carafes from countertop drip coffee makers lies the French press coffee maker.
—Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 23 May 2025
While there’s a wide selection of cute espresso machines wandering about the internet, there’s a baffling absence of aesthetic coffee makers, especially those with carafe capability.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 27 Mar. 2025
All parts need to be hand-washed, and the carafe calls for occasional descaling.
—Rennie Dyball, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Somewhere between pour-over and those large-format carafes from countertop drip coffee makers lies the French press coffee maker.
—Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for carafe
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“Carafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carafe. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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