carboy

[ kahr-boi ]

/ ˈkɑr bɔɪ /

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noun

a large glass bottle protected by basketwork or a wooden box, used especially for holding corrosive liquids.

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Origin of carboy

1705–15; <Persian qarāba(h) <Arabic qarrābah big jug

OTHER WORDS FROM carboy

carboyed, adjective

Words nearby carboy

carboxyl group, carboxylic acid, carboxyltransferase, carboxymethylcellulose, carboxypeptidase, carboy, carbro process, carbuncle, carbuncled, carbuncular, carbunculosis

How to use carboy in a sentence

But in his carboy was a fresh tiger bone, acquired recently.
China Is Brewing Wine From Tiger Bones|Brendon Hong|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Carboy—who don't know any more about a vessel than a kitten does of the ten commandments—will tell you to do it.
Down the Rhine|Oliver Optic
Mr. Fluxion was absent only an hour, and during his absence Dr. Carboy watched the students every moment of the time.
Down the Rhine|Oliver Optic
Set it for a considerable time aside in a corked carboy, before it be bottled.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

I left home in such haste that I forgot to tell you to send to Mr. Johnson's for a carboy of wine.
Memoir of John Howe Peyton|Various
Rocked in the cradle of ruts and furrows, Hans, portly as a carboy, half-dozed on the front seat.
The Strollers|Frederic S. Isham

British Dictionary definitions for carboy

carboy

/ (ˈkɑːˌbɔɪ) /

noun

a large glass or plastic bottle, usually protected by a basket or box, used for containing corrosive liquids such as acids

Word Origin for carboy

C18: from Persian qarāba

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