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carafe

[kuh-raf, -rahf] / kəˈræf, -ˈrɑf /








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The tea-hued coffee, which he presented in an individual carafe over an ice sphere, tasted like Raisinets and wound up being the highlight of my search.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

It's simple, drip Intelligentsia, but it's served cold in a carafe alongside a glass packed with crushed ice, and, if you like, a smaller carafe of cream and a complementary slice of coffee cake.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2023

On this day she brought leftover kebabs, a carafe of Turkish coffee and a prayer rug.

From New York Times Apr. 11, 2023

A couple of touches, like a thermal carafe of hot chocolate and a string of battery-powered lights on your bike, can kick the outing into full holiday mode.

From Seattle Times Dec. 2, 2022

“Stop!” she cried, “don’t sing that. I don’t want you to sing it,” and she laid her glass so impetuously and blindly upon the table as to shatter it against a carafe.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Just as they did in Beethoven's time, euphoric revellers still spill out onto the paths of the otherwise sleepy outskirts in the vine-lined Viennese hillsides after a few carafes of white- or red-wine spritzers.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

“It looks good on a picture, and that’s about it,” Hennessey says, adding that in his own restaurant, he uses larger carafes to smooth out service and keep diners from getting grumpy.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

It’s like dining in a Guatemalan art gallery, right down to the beaded clay water carafes placed on your table, each covered with a vivid embroidered floral runner.

From Seattle Times Jan. 11, 2023

Recycling animal parts, Formafantasma designed glass carafes plugged with stoppers made from cow vertebrae.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2022

More servants wheel in breakfast carts with carafes of snowmelon juice and water.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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