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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
decanter
noun
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■ NOUN
crystal
▪ Charles Winter presented him with a Gleneagles crystal decanter and 12 glasses.
▪ He picked up a crystal decanter of amber liqueur, set it down.
▪ Werner placed the attache case beside the chair then poured himself a stiff Scotch from the crystal decanter on the sideboard.
▪ He was presented with a cut glass crystal decanter by senior purchasing manager David Bayston.
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▪ Charles Winter presented him with a Gleneagles crystal decanter and 12 glasses.
▪ He was reaching for the decanter.
▪ Mr Eames and Bill and Thomas collected trays and glasses, decanters were dusted down, all variety of bottles were sought.
▪ She disappears for a moment, then returns with a lovely decanter.
▪ She dodged to the sideboard and picked up a decanter by the neck, spilling sherry on to the floor.
▪ Very shortly afterwards the men came in, Rupert carrying a decanter of port and a bottle of brandy.
▪ When he was gone Klaus Ebert went across to the decanter and poured himself a second brandy.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decanter

Decanter \De*cant"er\, n.

  1. A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.

  2. One who decants liquors.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
decanter

vessel for decanting liquors, 1715, agent noun from decant.

Wiktionary
decanter

n. 1 a vessel for decanting liquor 2 a receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper

WordNet
decanter

n. a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water [syn: carafe]

Wikipedia
Decanter

A decanter is a vessel that is used to hold the decantation of a liquid (such as wine) which may contain sediment. Decanters are normally used as serving vessels for wine. Decanters vary in shape and design. They are made using a variety of materials like glass and crystal. They typically hold at least one standard bottle of wine (0.75 litre). A similar kind of vessel, the carafe , is used for serving wine as well as other drinks, but is not supplied with a stopper.

Decanter (magazine)

Decanter is a magazine on wine and spirits, published in about 90 countries on a monthly basis. The magazine includes industry news, vintage guides and wine recommendations. Decanter also organizes the annual Decanter World Wine Awards.

Decanter (sculpture)

Decanter is an outdoor 1987 sculpture by Frank Stella, installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden in the U.S. state of Texas. It is made of stainless steel, bronze, and carbon steel, and was purchased using monetary contributions from the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund. According to the museum, the piece "offers a exuberant collage of forms which bursts out into space".

Usage examples of "decanter".

He went to a cellaret and got out a decanter and goblet, pouring himself a drink.

At Coft Castle the Dean and Sir Cathcart sat in the library, a decanter of brandy half empty on the table beside them and their thoughts bitter with memories of past greatness.

Tournay and Comber looked at each other, nodded formally to their respective lords, and returned their attention to the whisky decanters.

By twisting his head he could see it all laid out on the table beside his bed--a good meal it looked--cold ham and galantine, an omelette, a salad, cheese and a small decanter of red wine.

Eight people stared at one another over the baskets of potato bread, over the decanters of haoma, over the silver platter of roast mutton and the bowls of bread pudding.

One day after luncheon I poured myself out a glass of kvass, and then dropped the decanter, and so stained the tablecloth.

Before Pilar took a seat on the narrow sofa, she went to the tall wicker stand where the ice bucket and bourbon decanter were placed.

A golden decanter sat ready upon its surface, flanked by twelve matching goblets, each with a spray of Rask bloodstones upon its lip.

She upended the sack into the snifter, then took the decanter of brandy from the floor and splashed a finger of the liquid into the glass.

As he picked up the decanter, Summerset pondered over the fact that Roarke continued to stand, trouble written on his face.

The table was cleared of all but the decanter and the servants were dismissed before Wyme spoke, and even then softly, as if he feared eavesdroppers.

Dr Van Minn en, who had disappeared soon after tea to take his evening surgery, came back in time to dispense an excellent sherry from a beautiful decanter into crystal glasses.

The crystal clinks softly, musically, as Scire replaces the stopper in the decanter.

Harbright returned to the board bearing a silver platter as broad as his own chest, which fairly groaned under the weight of near a whole roast boar and several dozen spitted fowl, and enthroned himself with the creak of a settling chair and the clatter of shaking decanters.

Before him on the stinkwood desk stood a crystal glass and a decanter.