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bordeaux
/bɔɹˈdoʊ/
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What does bordeaux mean?
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Bordeaux (“fungicide; wine”).
- A wine coming from that area.
- Ellipsis of Bordeaux mixture.
More meanings (3)
noun
- Claret (color).
proper noun
- The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- A surname from French.
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IPA pronunciation
/bɔɹˈdoʊ/
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The first of these had been successfully accomplished in a flight of twenty-four hours' duration from Paris to Bordeaux.
His name is associated with a method of steering balloons, and a filter for supplying Bordeaux with water from the Garonne.
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Pears are sometimes affected with a scab similar to the apple-scab, and this is combated by the same treatment--three sprayings with Bordeaux.
Paris green and bordeaux mixture may be combined without lessening the value of either, and the caustic action of the arsenic is prevented.
Cazenave of Bordeaux relates a most marvelous case in which a primipara suffered in labor from an impacted head.