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Meaning of Carafe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
kəˈɹæf

Definitions

  1. A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
  2. A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.

Equivalents

Català garrafa marraixa
Čeština karafa
Dansk karaffel
Ελληνικά καράφα
Español garrafa jarra
Suomi kannu karahvi
Français carafe carafe carafon
Galego xerra
Magyar kancsó
Íslenska karafla
Italiano caraffa
日本語 カラフ 水差し
Lëtzebuergesch Karaff
Nederlands karaf
Polski hlak karafka
Português jarro
Română carafă
Русский графин
Shqip broke
Svenska kanna karaff
Türkçe sürahi

Examples

“Amongst the scattered letters and papers, there stood a claret jug, a large carafe of water, and an empty glass.”
“Emma brings out the carafe of dark coffee.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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