sherry+wine

  • 61sherry — sher•ry [[t]ˈʃɛr i[/t]] n. pl. ries vin a fortified, amber colored wine of S Spain or a similar wine made elsewhere • Etymology: 1590–1600; back formation from earliersherris< Sp (vino de) Xeres (wine of) Xeres (now Jerez) …

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  • 62sherry — sher|ry [ˈʃeri] n plural sherries [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: sherris sherry (16 18 centuries), from Xeres (now Jerez), city in southwestern Spain] a pale or dark brown strong wine, originally from Spain …

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  • 63sherry — sher|ry [ ʃeri ] noun uncount a strong wine from southern Spain, often drunk before a meal a. count a glass of sherry …

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  • 64sherry vinegar — /ʃɛri ˈvɪnəgə/ (say sheree vinuhguh) noun a wine vinegar made from sherry …

  • 65sherry — noun (plural sherries) Etymology: alteration of earlier sherris (taken as plural), from Xeres (now Jerez), Spain Date: 1584 a Spanish fortified wine with a distinctive nutty flavor; also a similar wine produced elsewhere …

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  • 66cooking wine — sherry, wine especially made for using in cooking food …

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  • 67sherry — noun (plural sherries) a fortified wine originally and mainly from southern Spain. Origin C16: alt. of archaic sherris, interpreted as plural, from Sp. (vino de) Xeres Xeres (wine) (Xeres being the former name of the city of Jerez de la Frontera) …

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  • 68sherry — sher·ry || ʃerɪ n. variety of very dry to sweet wine that is pale amber to brown in tint and originally from Jerez in Spain …

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  • 69sherry — noun (C, U) a pale or dark brown strong wine, originally from Spain …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 70sherry — [ˈʃeri] noun [C/U] a strong wine from southern Spain …

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