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# carafe

noun (carafe, carafes)

«carafe» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A glass jug with a narrow neck and no lid, used for serving water or wine at the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carafe/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and restaurants, water is served in a carafe. In maths problems, a carafe may hold, say, 1 litre, and pupils work out how many glasses it fills.

### Examples

- The waiter brought a carafe of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carafe/#x1)
- The carafe holds one litre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carafe/#x2)
- Pour the juice from the carafe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carafe/#x3)
- Mum put a carafe of water on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carafe/#x4)
- How many 250 ml glasses can a 1 litre carafe fill? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carafe/#x5)
- The glass carafe broke on the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carafe/#x6)

### Note

Say «ka-RAFF». Countable. In maths problems, use its capacity: a 1 litre carafe fills four 250 ml glasses.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carafe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carafe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carafe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carafe.html) on Mova free.