HOW TO PRONOUNCE
carafe
/kəˈɹæf/
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kuh-RAF: the final e is silent.
The stressed a is the vowel in “cat.” Finish with f, keeping the first vowel short and unstressed.
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“A glass carafe of water stood on the table.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does carafe mean?
noun
- A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
- A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəˈɹæf/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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He flew and returned with a glass, the decanter of brandy and a carafe of water.
Two candles were burning on it, one in a flat copper candlestick which was perfectly green, the other in the neck of a cracked carafe.
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T. aurifrons, a much smaller species, makes a neat little nest shaped like a carafe, building rows of them together in the corners of verandahs.