Decant

Quick meaning: Decant is a verb meaning (transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.

Meaning

(transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.
2. (science fiction) To remove (a clone or other artificially-gestated baby) from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.
3. To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt.
4. A portion of perfume unofficially sold in a smaller bottle.
5. (archaic, intransitive) To flow.

Example Sentences

to decant wine

In addition to decants, minis, and used bottles of vintage, perfume nips are a fun way to try out vintage, and they seem to be all over the Internet.

After washing, the insoluble lime soap is decomposed with hot dilute sulphuric acid. The melted fatty acids thus rise as an oil to the surface, when they are decanted.

Swincombe, formerly Swan-combe, runs to the north of the ridge, and has the sources of its river in the Fox Tor mires and near Childe's Tomb. It runs north-east, and then abruptly passes north to decant into the West Dart.

Word Forms

• decants
• decanting
• decanted

Synonyms for decant

Depending on context, synonyms include pour.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pour, supernatant, dump, settle, decantate, decapulate.

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