as in bottle
a special glass container into which wine, whiskey, etc., is poured from its original container and from which it is served
The waiter served us wine from an elegant decanter. a decanter of port
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Heritage Images via Getty Images What’s more, carafes now come in quite stylish designs and are often used as decanters.
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John Mariani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Their distinctive products include lowball tumblers, decanters, and pitchers as well as decor like holiday ornaments.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
As the menu puts it, when there’s not enough left in the bottle to make a proper cocktail, the gin goes into a decanter and the whiskey into a barrel.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Furthermore, the material of the decanter is important because crystal decanters are generally not dishwasher-safe.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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John Mariani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Their distinctive products include lowball tumblers, decanters, and pitchers as well as decor like holiday ornaments.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
As the menu puts it, when there’s not enough left in the bottle to make a proper cocktail, the gin goes into a decanter and the whiskey into a barrel.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Furthermore, the material of the decanter is important because crystal decanters are generally not dishwasher-safe.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decanter
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Someone occasionally passed out and had to be carried to his room; others drank on the patio where there was camaraderie but no close friendships because their primary interactions were with their bottles.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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Add these ingredients into a spray bottle to spray on the tile.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
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During Prohibition, waiters famously slipped sips of bootleg booze to patrons from flasks tucked inside their apron pockets.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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The bespoke fragrance service Floris offers is not an especially expensive process; a two-hour consultation costs £750 and includes a 100ml flask in Floris’s Art Deco glass design.—
Sarah Turner,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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For a contest in 1994 during the homecoming pep rally, students were accumulating pennies in milk jugs.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Bobo, a depressive with a habit of finding a pick-me-up at the bottom of a bottle, checks into rehab and puts a plug in the jug for good; Ferrara’s father never dries up, and in 1980 follows his first suicide attempt with a second, successful one.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Black Drip Coffee This type of coffee is brewed by slowly pouring hot water over ground coffee beans in a filter, which is set over top of a glass pot or carafe.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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Milk in a carafe at the self-service area was outside of the temperature range considered safe.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Yamamoto is also the first pitcher since Curt Schilling to throw consecutive complete games in a postseason.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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While Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a one-run complete game in a historic outing for Los Angeles at the Rogers Centre, all eyes were on superstar Shohei Ohtani after he was booed and taunted by the Toronto crowd in Game 1.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Decanter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decanter. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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