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

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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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