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decanter

[dih-kan-ter] / dɪˈkæn tər /


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After producing a ceiling lamp with a bulbous glass filament that rises from the center to evoke a water drop splashing in a pool, Beacon Custom Lighting followed with its Pond decanter.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2024

In the kitchen behind Meghan we can see elegant bowls and a glass decanter.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2024

While cleaning camp, my partner even found a desecrated crystal decanter filled with urine.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2023

Martin displays terrific comic timing as Butler, deftly channeling the general’s narcissism and exasperation, whether fussing with paperwork or pontificating over the sherry decanter.

From Washington Post Mar. 29, 2023

Jongwe Senior was slumped in an easy chair with a cut-glass decanter on a table beside him.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

On view are examples of bulbous book bindings, acid-etched vases, satin capes, parchment-covered cabinets, angular decanters, diamond-decorated cloche hats, geometric malachite brooches, stark bas-reliefs, Brancusi-faced collar ads, and boxy, black-lacquer screens.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

She went back to her shed and started making glasses and decanters as wedding presents for friends.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2023

Evans described first-class cabins that included fine china, liquor cabinets with crystal decanters, hair creams in ceramic jars from Paris, solid gold spectacles and Wild West clothing.

From Washington Times Dec. 1, 2022

According to the weekly publication, some of the other pilfered items are seven gold candelabras, several Russian icons, a 10-piece silver dressing table set and St. Louis gilt crystal glassware and decanters.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2022

It was a large room, with an oval table of polished rosewood on which stood various decanters and glasses, and a silver smoking stand with a rack of pipes.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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