carboy

Meanings

Noun

  • A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.

Verb

  • To bottle in a carboy.

Origin

  • From Persian قرابه (qarrâbeh, qarrâbah).

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