zarf

zarf

Z0004900 (zärf)n.1. A chalicelike holder for a hot coffee cup, typically made of ornamented metal, used in the Middle East.2. A cardboard sleeve fitted around a hot, disposable beverage container.

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[Arabic ẓarf, container.]

zarf

(zɑːf) n (Cookery) (esp in the Middle East) a holder, usually ornamental, for a hot coffee cup[from Arabic: container, sheath]

zarf

(zɑrf)

n. a metal holder for a coffee cup without a handle, used in the Middle East. [1830–40; < Arabic ẓarf vessel, sheath]

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zarf - an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cupholder - a holding device; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder"Middle East, Mideast, Near East - the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"