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carboy

carboy

1 9.4
A large glass or plastic bottle used to store and move dangerous liquids
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑːrˌbɔɪ/
  • Specialized
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  • It is holding up about 40 pounds of liquid, a glass carboy, and a plastic Home Depot bucket (which fits a 5.5 gal. like a glove and gives you a rim to catch on the sides to pick it up).
  • gallon carboy
  • glass carboy

And then after that you got to siphon it into this giant carboy, a big glass thing with kind of a, a smaller lip on top.

Examples

  • Keep your full carboy at room temperature for the primary fermentation.

  • Patterson transfers the juice into plastic 5-gallon carboys and lets the solids settle out.

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  • Now the plan is to play Z Trips live mix to this carboy full of beer.

  • And then after that you got to siphon it into this giant carboy, a big glass thing with kind of a, a smaller lip on top.

  • Air-to-air liquid animal job land carboys in twelve chloride, through comic chemical, level consequence, pebble-finish location, and exciting pink version.

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  • There was a glass carboy of some liquid striated in bands of brown.

  • Siphon the cider from the carboy with a flexible plastic tube so as not to disturb the sediment at the bottom.

Synonyms

bottle
vscarboy
1.0

A container with a narrow neck for holding drinks or other liquids

is larger, rigid, and intended for corrosive liquids with external protection
flask
vscarboy
24 3.7

A narrow-necked bottle used to hold liquids, like in labs or for alcohol

is larger and made for transporting corrosive liquids inside a protective outer container

How Big

tank
596 1.0
drum
73 1.0
carboy
  • Specialized
1 9.4
bottle
1.0
flask
24 3.7
vial
101 4.0

Surface Forms

carboy singular
carboys plural

Etymology

The word carboy comes from old Arabic qirba and Persian qarabah, both meaning 'water-skin' or 'leather bottle' that people used to carry liquids. So today a carboy is a large bottle for storing or moving liquids.