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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

The pancakes arrive with a paper cup of whipped butter and a carafe of syrup, but I didn’t need either.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2022

There were several empty jars and a carafe of drinking water on the counter.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Its glass carafes appeal to eco-anxious consumers who want to eradicate microplastics from their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

I shut my laptop, grabbed my bag and walked four minutes down to the Tweet patio, where I was seated in the sunshine with my cake and carafes.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2023

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

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

Bottles and carafes of it—pale green, yellow as gold, the dark purple-red of my heart’s own blood.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black


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