1) Drinkware 2) Type of container
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An alcarraza is an earthenware container, traditionally made in Spain. The container is filled with a liquid, then hung in a drafty place in the shade. The liquid seeps through the earthenware slowly and is evaporated by the action of the draft, lowering the temperature of the container and keeping the rest of the liquid cool. The word for this co...
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• (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.
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Al`car·ra'za noun ;
plural Alcarrazas . [ Spanish , from Arabic
al-kurrāz earthen vessel.] A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.
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An alcarraza is a vessel made of a kind of porous, unglazed pottery, used in Spain to hold drinking water, which, oozing slightly through the vessel, is kept cool by the evaporation that takes place at the surface. Similar vessels have been long used in Egypt and elsewhere.
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