carafe means A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
carafe is pronounced /kəˈɹæf/.
Etymology
First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”). Doublet of carboy.
noun
- A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.“Amongst the scattered letters and papers, there stood a claret jug, a large carafe of water, and an empty glass.”
- A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.“Emma brings out the carafe of dark coffee.”