- claret (red wine)
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claret (red wine)
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red wine — noun wine having a red color derived from skins of dark colored grapes • Hypernyms: ↑wine, ↑vino • Hyponyms: ↑Beaujolais, ↑Medoc, ↑Pinot noir, ↑claret, ↑red Bordeaux, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
claret — [klar′it] n. [ME < OFr (vin) claret, clear (wine); dim. of cler,CLEAR] 1. a dry red wine, esp. red Bordeaux 2. purplish red: also claret red adj. purplish red … English World dictionary
claret — mid 15c., light colored wine, from O.Fr. (vin) claret clear (wine), light colored red wine (also sweetened wine, a sense in English from late 14c.), from L. clarus clear (see CLEAR (Cf. clear)). Narrowed meaning red wine of Bordeaux first… … Etymology dictionary
Wine from the United Kingdom — Wine which is grown and produced in the United Kingdom is generally classified as either English wine or Welsh wine (depending on country of origin), (but should never be referred to as British wine as that term is generally linked with an… … Wikipedia
claret — ► NOUN 1) a red wine, especially from Bordeaux. 2) a deep purplish red colour. ORIGIN from Latin claratum vinum clarified wine , from clarus clear … English terms dictionary
Claret — For other uses, see Claret (disambiguation) Bordeaux wine. Claret ( … Wikipedia
claret — [14] Claret was originally a ‘lightcoloured wine’ – pale red (virtually what we would now call rosé), but also apparently yellowish. The word comes ultimately from Latin clārus ‘clear’; from this was derived the verb clārāre, whose past… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
claret — [14] Claret was originally a ‘lightcoloured wine’ – pale red (virtually what we would now call rosé), but also apparently yellowish. The word comes ultimately from Latin clārus ‘clear’; from this was derived the verb clārāre, whose past… … Word origins
wine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. the grape; drink, liquor; drinking, intoxication; stimulant, alcohol; nectar. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wine colored, maroon, dark red, grape; see red . n. Varieties of wine include: fine, sparkling … English dictionary for students
claret — clar|et [ˈklærət] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: claret white or pale colored French wine (15 17 centuries), from Old French (vin) claret clear wine , from claret clear , from cler; CLEAR1] 1.) [U and C] red wine from the Bordeaux area of France ▪ a … Dictionary of contemporary English
