decant
verb /dɪˈkænt/
/dɪˈkænt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they decant | /dɪˈkænt/ /dɪˈkænt/ |
| he / she / it decants | /dɪˈkænts/ /dɪˈkænts/ |
| past simple decanted | /dɪˈkæntɪd/ /dɪˈkæntɪd/ |
| past participle decanted | /dɪˈkæntɪd/ /dɪˈkæntɪd/ |
| -ing form decanting | /dɪˈkæntɪŋ/ /dɪˈkæntɪŋ/ |
- decant something (into something) to pour liquid, especially wine, from one container into another
- Decant the wine and allow it to stand at room temperature for a couple of hours.
- They buy wine in bulk and decant it into smaller bottles to sell.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin decanthare, from Latin de- ‘away from’ + canthus ‘edge, rim’ (used to denote the angular lip of a beaker), from Greek kanthos ‘corner of the eye’.