decant

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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

The rapid "decant of services" meant the nine-bed ICU was given a temporary new home in the space previously occupied by eye theatre.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

Some terrific directorial touches linger, such as when three characters decant olive oil in sync, the golden lighting and jazzy instrumentals heightening the sense that the trio has achieved a state of flow.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023

I poured coffee grounds from a red can into a pot of boiling water, waited to decant cowboy coffee, and thought about how to lose the fox.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022

Allow undissolved powder to settle, then decant the supernatant fluid to a clean 100 c.c. measuring cylinder.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)