Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of pouring liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
decanting thesupernatant liquid from asolid sediment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees
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Examples
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-- The purification of conjugial love may be compared with the purification of natural spirits, as effected by the chemists, and called decantation, 145.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730
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This social decantation is now complete as in front of Chavez the large majority of people who are self reliant and who think that individual choices and responsibilities hold still some meaning in Venezuela are in absolute opposition to Chavez.
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This social decantation is now complete as in front of Chavez the large majority of people who are self reliant and who think that individual choices and responsibilities hold still some meaning in Venezuela are in absolute opposition to Chavez.
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It has become much more supple and delicious and can be drunk after several hours of decantation with great pleasure.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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They are then pressed with a pneumatic press, and the decantation is done at a low temperature.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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It has become much more supple and delicious and can be drunk after several hours of decantation with great pleasure.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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They are then pressed with a pneumatic press, and the decantation is done at a low temperature.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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It has become much more supple and delicious and can be drunk after several hours of decantation with great pleasure.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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It has become much more supple and delicious and can be drunk after several hours of decantation with great pleasure.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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They are then pressed with a pneumatic press, and the decantation is done at a low temperature.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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