wine
♦♦ wine /w'aɪn/ (wines wining wined)
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Wine is an alcoholic drink which is made from grapes. You can also refer to alcoholic drinks made from other fruits or vegetables as wine.
...a bottle of white wine...
This is a nice wine.
2 [COLOUR]
Wine is used to describe things that are very dark red in colour.
She wore her wine-coloured gaberdine raincoat.
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If you wine and dine, or if someone wines and dines you, you go out, for example to expensive restaurants, and spend a lot of money.
Colleagues were furious at doing her work while she wined and dined...
A lot of money went on wining and dining prospective clients.des|sert wine (dessert wines)
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A dessert wine is a sweet wine, usually a white wine, that is served with dessert.for|ti|fied wine (fortified wines)
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Fortified wine is an alcoholic drink such as sherry or port that is made by mixing wine with a small amount of brandy or strong alcohol.ta|ble wine (table wines)
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Table wine is fairly cheap wine that is drunk with meals.wine bar (wine bars)
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A wine bar is a place where people can buy and drink wine, and sometimes eat food as well.wine glass (wine glasses)
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A wine glass is a glass, usually with a narrow stem, which you use for drinking wine.
1 [N-MASS]
Wine is an alcoholic drink which is made from grapes. You can also refer to alcoholic drinks made from other fruits or vegetables as wine.
...a bottle of white wine...
This is a nice wine.
2 [COLOUR]
Wine is used to describe things that are very dark red in colour.
She wore her wine-coloured gaberdine raincoat.
3 [PHRASE] Vs inflect
If you wine and dine, or if someone wines and dines you, you go out, for example to expensive restaurants, and spend a lot of money.
Colleagues were furious at doing her work while she wined and dined...
A lot of money went on wining and dining prospective clients.des|sert wine (dessert wines)
[N-MASS]
A dessert wine is a sweet wine, usually a white wine, that is served with dessert.for|ti|fied wine (fortified wines)
[N-MASS]
Fortified wine is an alcoholic drink such as sherry or port that is made by mixing wine with a small amount of brandy or strong alcohol.ta|ble wine (table wines)
[N-MASS]
Table wine is fairly cheap wine that is drunk with meals.wine bar (wine bars)
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A wine bar is a place where people can buy and drink wine, and sometimes eat food as well.wine glass (wine glasses)
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A wine glass is a glass, usually with a narrow stem, which you use for drinking wine.