ca|rafe «kuh RAF, -RAHF», noun.
a glass bottle, especially an ornamental one, for holding water, wine, coffee, or the like: »
The “snack bars”... [of Paris] sell hot dogs and hamburgers with carafes of vin ordinaire (New York Times).
╂[< French carafe < Italian caraffa < Spanish garrafa < Arabic gharrāf drinking vessel]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.