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decanter

UK/dɪˈkæntə(ɹ)/

decanter noun: a vessel for decanting liquor.

decanter: a vessel for decanting liquor
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Noun

decanter (plural decanters)

  1. A vessel for decanting liquor.
  2. A receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper.
    • Pour wine into the decanter, and cork. Let the decanter down, drawing the loops out and laying them on the table top. Have a tray of small glasses alongside the decanter. When ready to introduce the experiment, step to the table, remove the glass stopper, pick up the decanter with the right hand...1902, Henry Ridgely Evans, Magic and Its Professors, page 149
    • A decanter filled with smoke from smouldering incense.1980 December 20, Michael Anderson, “Gays & the Occult”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 22, page 11

decanter meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

decanter in Tamil

வடிகலம், இறுப்பான், தெளிய வைத்து

decanter in Malayalam

തെളിച്ചുറ്റുന്നവൻ, വീഞ്ഞുകുപ്പി, സ്ഫടികപ്പാത്രം, തെളിച്ചൂറ്റാനുളള പാത്രം

Examples of decanter in a sentence

  • He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.
  • Pour the wine into the decanter.
  • Brandy was brought and various other bottles and decanters.

All 10 example sentences with decanter

Forms of decanter

pluraldecanters

Plural of decanter: decanters

Origin of decanter

From decant + -er.

Words formed from decanter

Questions about decanter

What does decanter mean?
Decanter means a vessel for decanting liquor.
What is decanter in Tamil?
Decanter in Tamil is வடிகலம், இறுப்பான், தெளிய வைத்து. See Decanter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is decanter?
Decanter is a noun.
How do you pronounce decanter?
Decanter is pronounced /dɪˈkæntə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of decanter?
The plural of decanter is decanters.

Words near decanter in the dictionary

  1. decantation
  2. decantations
  3. decanted
  4. decantee
  5. decantees
  6. decanter
  7. decanterful
  8. decanterfuls
  9. decanters
  10. decantherous
  11. decanting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decanter (page history and authors); decanter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); decanter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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