From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcarafeca‧rafe /kəˈræf, kəˈrɑːf/ noun [countable] 
DFUa glass container with a wide neck, used for serving wine or water at meals
DFUa glass container with a wide neck, used for serving wine or water at mealsExamples from the Corpus
carafe• You may want to chase it all down with a $ 3 carafe of hot sake.• The soup arrived, a rich broth, and rolls and butter and a carafe of wine as well.• Twenty minutes later the fat lady gave him a carafe of yellow wine.• The wine, which arrived in a carafe, was a strong excellent vin ordinaire.• With some misgiving, I ordered a half carafe of red wine.• She had a martini and small carafe in front of her, and was nibbling salted peanuts.• The waiter pours a small taste from the carafe into a glass, waits for approval, then pours the rest.• He poured her another glass of wine from the carafe which stood between them on the table.Origin carafe (1700-1800) French Italian caraffa, from Arabic gharrafah, from gharafa “to get water from a well” 