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decant

[dih-kant] / dɪˈkænt /
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When you get home, you decant the spring rolls, curry, rice and noodles onto real plates, turn the lights down low, light a few candles and put on music you actually want to listen to.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026

Lord Hain is firmly behind a full decant, arguing that previous reports have found it to be the cheaper option.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026

I brew it in huge batches and decant it into a glass jug that looks vaguely like a science experiment.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2025

If the oil has separated from the paste, decant the tahini to a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high in 30-second bursts, stirring after each, until emulsified and smooth.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022

Let settle the precipitate, decant, and wash in several changes of water.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Peter C. Duchochois

She estimates her collection of decants — the insider term for 2-milliliter bottle samples, which she orders from the website DecantPlanet for between $4 and $12 — is in the hundreds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

After brewing the coffee in a French press, Flynn decants it into a measuring cup and lets it rest for five minutes, allowing the sediment to fall to the bottom.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022

Williams, the author of the story collection “A Selfie as Big as the Ritz,” decants her first novel into flights, like wine.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2019

Only 20% of our properties are residential, but we're dealing with a growing number of housing estate "decants".

From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2013

Her private opinion of her husband she makes into a short story—forgets its origin and shows it him with pride—while the husband decants his heart-beats into occasional verse and minor poetry.

From Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

These once held olive oil imported from Spain, North Africa and the Middle East and were discarded here after the oil was decanted at a nearby port.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2025

The milky white liquor is decanted into a copper kettle, made to be poured into copper rice bowls, as a nod to its history as a farmer's alcohol commonly brewed at home with rice.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2023

Among those who left were Pat Hamid and her husband Abdul who were decanted from Dennison Point in 2011, a few months before the Olympics.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2022

Even for family meals in the kitchen, a bottle of milk or maple syrup would be decanted into a pitcher, a habit that I carry forward, with wine the singular exception.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2022

“The Master ordered it decanted especially for you, my lord,” said the Butler.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

More structured and more tannic than the Wapisa, it definitely benefited from an hour’s decanting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

The anxious decanting of the container influencer points to a fear of scarcity or disorder.

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025

"When you have a system that is under so much pressure, you can't get ambulances decanting those vulnerable patients into the ED and those ambulances are trapped."

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025

The day before, Levin and McDougall-Treacy’s daughter, Erin McDougall, spend the day whipping together meringue powder, powdered sugar and water for icing, mixing colors and decanting them into dozens of little squeeze bottles.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

Moving carefully, I ran through the decanting procedure in my head, making sure I hadn’t forgotten anything.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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