carboy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a large rigid bottle, traditionally glass, used for storing or transporting liquids such as acids or fermenting drinks

   The laboratory stored the diluted acid in a protective glass carboy.

2. 2
   verb

   to put or store a liquid in a carboy

   The winemaker carboyed the pressed juice for its first fermentation.

Ultimately from Persian qaraba or qarabah, denoting a large glass vessel, and transmitted through languages of the Middle East before entering European trade vocabulary. It is related in origin to carafe.

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