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Carboy

//ˈkɑɹ.boɪ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.

    "A few of them then boarded her and were busily engaged in what appeared, from my distant position, as the emptying of the contents of various carboys upon the dead bodies of the sailors and over the decks and works of the vessel."

  2. 2
    a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To bottle in a carboy. transitive

    "Juice bottled or carboyed at this high temperature is difficult to cool rapidly because of the danger of breakage of glass."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Persian قرابه (qarrâbeh, qarrâbah). Doublet of carafe.

Etymology 2

From Persian قرابه (qarrâbeh, qarrâbah). Doublet of carafe.

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