Meanings
plural decanters
- A receptacle for decanted liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper.
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 111 more example
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 and pour the wine into the glasses on the tray.
1902, Henry Ridgely Evans, Magic and Its Professors, page 149
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian гарафа, гарафа
- гарафа (garafa)vessel for decanting
- гарафа (garafa)receptacle for decanted liquor
Catalan decantador
- decantadorvessel for decanting
Chinese Mandarin 醒酒器, 潷水器 /滗水器
- 醒酒器 (xǐngjiǔqì)vessel for decanting
- 潷水器 /滗水器 (bìshuǐqì)vessel for decanting
- 醒酒器 (xǐngjiǔqì)receptacle for decanted liquor
- 潷水器 /滗水器 (bìshuǐqì)receptacle for decanted liquor
Danish karaffel, karaffel
- karaffelvessel for decanting
- karaffelreceptacle for decanted liquor
Finnish dekantteri, karahvi
- dekantterivessel for decanting
- karahvireceptacle for decanted liquor
French décanteur
- décanteurvessel for decanting
German Dekanter
- Dekantervessel for decanting
Italian boccione, decantatore
- boccionevessel for decanting
- decantatorevessel for decanting
- damigianareceptacle for decanted liquor
- decantatorereceptacle for decanted liquor
Latin obba
- obbavessel for decanting
Norwegian Bokmål karaffel
- karaffelreceptacle for decanted liquor
Russian графи́н, деканта́тор
- графи́н (grafín)vessel for decanting
- деканта́тор (dekantátor)vessel for decanting
Spanish decantador
- decantadorvessel for decanting
Swedish dekanter
- dekantervessel for decanting
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
decanter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decanter
“decanter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decanter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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