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carafe

la carafe (FR N-F) vessel for liquid, usually having a somewhat bulbous bottom portion to contain the bulk of the liquid, and a slender neck through which to pour. First appears in French in 1558, from Italian caraffa, garaffa, Arabic gharaf. (Carême)

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