carboy

American  

[kahr-boi] / ˈkɑr bɔɪ /

noun

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

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carboy British  

/ ˈkɑːˌbɔɪ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• carboyed
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of carboy

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

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Example Sentences

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carboy

For George’s collaboration with a soon-to-be-opened Melbourne wine bar, L’Estrange plans to reduce her wines’ carbon footprint by utilising another form of glass – the demijohn or carboy, a large glass jug.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2017

I looked at the monster in the thick glass carboy, with its freakish eyes and multiple limbs.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Rocked in the cradle of ruts and furrows, Hans, portly as a carboy, half-dozed on the front seat.

From The Strollers by Harrison Fisher

Organic matter, as a piece of straw in a carboy of acid Gives a brown color to the acid.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various

At Louisville he upsets a carboy of sulphuric acid which ruins the handsome furniture of a broker's office on the floor below, and again finds himself adrift in an unappreciative world.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

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