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How to use decanter in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Decanter means a vessel for decanting liquor. Example: “He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.”

Examples of decanter by meaning

nounA receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper.

  • Pour wine into the decanter, and cork.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

More sentences with decanter

  • He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.From the entry stopper
  • Pour the wine into the decanter.From the entry into
  • Brandy was brought and various other bottles and decanters.1971, Ruth Rendell, No More Dying Then, Random House, published 2009, →ISBN, page 195. From the entry Jesus
  • After emptying a decanterful of water over his head, the Collector flung the decanter out of a window.1924, Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev, That which Happened, page 44. From the entry decanterful
  • Fisher stiffened, but managed to extend a yellowish, choreatic hand to the decanter on the sideboard and pour another glassful for the guest.2005, Sebastian Faulks, Human Traces. From the entry choreatic
  • During the applause the singer poured a glass of water from the decanter into the tumbler, drank a mouthful, and Welsh-combed his moustache and hair.2004, Evelyn Conlon, Later On. From the entry welsh-comb
  • Within that side-board were cake and biscuits, fruits too, in their season, and a decanter of rich port wherewith to arrose them.1904, Barry Pain, Lindley Kays, page 17. From the entry arrose
  • Find everything from fragrance notes to hints about which decanters — home rebottlers who have been controversially banned from eBay — can still slip you some of the good stuff.2008 March 16, Virginia Heffernan, “Good Vibrations”, in New York Times. From the entry rebottler

Meaning of decanter

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

Full definition of decanter

Questions about decanter in a sentence

How do you use decanter in a sentence?
Decanter is used as a noun. For example: “He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.”
What is a short sentence with decanter?
“Pour the wine into the decanter.”
What does decanter mean?
Decanter means a vessel for decanting liquor.

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