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Decant meaning
To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment. | To pour from one vessel into another. | To flow.
Example sentences (7)
We often have to decant our skincare, and other lotions and potions into smaller containers when it comes to travelling.
You shouldn’t then decant all of the crisps into a bowl at room temperature – ‘they’re going to go stale really quickly’ – but they’re excellent if ‘you just want a handful on a Friday night with a gin and tonic’.
Decant for several hours if drinking now, or cellar for several years: think 2023-2030.
Decant into a labelled spray bottle.
If you want to bring in your own bottle, there is a corkage fee and they decant it for you, which is very nice.
An amendment by Hillier calls for “a full and timely decant” of both houses: the most likely plan would see the Commons move to Richmond House on Whitehall, and the Lords to Church House on the other side of Westminster Abbey.
On Wednesday night they voted in support of a “full and timely decant” after deleting sections from a motion which would have allowed them to kick into the long grass the need for “comprehensive works” at the Unesco World Heritage Site.