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wine

noun · verb

Simple meaning

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈwaɪn

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

  2. Fermented juice (of grapes especially)

  3. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.

  4. A red as dark as red wine

  5. uncountable

    The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.

  6. countable

    A serving of wine.

verb

  1. Treat to wine

    “Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week.”

  2. transitive

    To entertain (someone) with wine.

  3. Drink wine

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

Used this way, wine is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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Word Family

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Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • wine cellarnounCompound term

    Storage space where wines are stored.

  • wine-colorednounCompound term

    A red as dark as red wine.

  • wine-colourednounCompound term

    A red as dark as red wine.

  • wine coolernounCompound term

    A bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine.

  • wine lovernounCompound term

    A connoisseur of fine wines.

  • wine makernounCompound term

    Someone who makes wine.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • winerynounRelated term

    An establishment where wine is made.

  • winemakingnounRelated term

    The craft and science of growing grapes and making wine.

  • winemakernounRelated term

    Someone who makes wine.

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