carboy
noun
- rigid container
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.bɔɪ/ / /ˈkɑɹ.boɪ/
noun
Etymology: From Persian قرابه (qarrâbeh, qarrâbah). Doublet of carafe.
- A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
“A few of them then boarded her and were busily engaged in what appeared, from my distant position, as the emptying of the contents of various carboys upon the dead bodies of the sailors and over the decks and works of the vessel.”
verb
Etymology: From Persian قرابه (qarrâbeh, qarrâbah). Doublet of carafe.
- To bottle in a carboy.
“Juice bottled or carboyed at this high temperature is difficult to cool rapidly because of the danger of breakage of glass.”