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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: Italian caraffa, from Arabic gharrafah, from gharafa 'to get water from a well'

carafe

 noun
     
carafe
Related topics: Utensils
ca‧rafe [countable]
DFU a glass container with a wide neck, used for serving wine or water at meals
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