wine
/ˈwaɪ̯n/ noun A2- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%. · Wine is usually stronger than beer.· "Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table.
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV. · ...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine...
- A serving of wine. · I'd like three beers and two wines, please. My friend will have the same.
- The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
Plural wines
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That night at dinner, walking to and fro among the wine-glasses on the table, he might have stuffed himself three times over with nice things.
She says you saved Minnie May’s life, and she is very sorry she acted as she did in that affair of the currant wine.
Lawrence Gulf seemed to rim in the splendor like a huge bowl of pearl and sapphire brimmed with wine and fire.
Here and there the lane was splashed with it, but for the most part it was already quite shadowy beneath the maples, and the spaces under the firs were filled with a clear violet dusk like airy wine.
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