Other forms: decanters
A decanter is a glass bottle wine is poured into to breathe. A crystal decanter, use a decanter, fill the decanter.
It does two things: separates a wine from the sediment an old bottle throws, and exposes a young one to air, which softens it. Which of the two is wanted decides how long it should stand. Note decant, and that a decanter is for serving where a carafe is plainer.
1noundecanterA glass bottle wine is poured into to breathe.
“He poured the red wine into a crystal decanter an hour before dinner.”
decanter is a container.
Medieval Latin
dēcanthō
French
décanter
English
decant
English, today
decanter
From decant + -er. decant comes from French décanter, from Medieval Latin dēcanthō, from dē- + canthus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA