carboy
a large glass bottle protected by basketwork or a wooden box, used especially for holding corrosive liquids.
Origin of carboy
1Other words from carboy
- carboyed, adjective
Words Nearby carboy
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How to use carboy in a sentence
But in his carboy was a fresh tiger bone, acquired recently.
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 OpticMr. Fluxion was absent only an hour, and during his absence Dr. carboy watched the students every moment of the time.
Down the Rhine | Oliver OpticSet it for a considerable time aside in a corked carboy, before it be bottled.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreI 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
/ (ˈkɑːˌbɔɪ) /
a large glass or plastic bottle, usually protected by a basket or box, used for containing corrosive liquids such as acids
Origin of carboy
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