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vintage
/ˈvɪntɪdʒ/
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What does vintage mean?
noun
- The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
- Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
- The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
More meanings (8)
noun
- The year or place in which something is produced.
adjective
- Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
- Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
- built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
- produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
- produced between the years of 1945 and 1970, during the post-war period.
verb
- To harvest (grapes).
- To make (wine) from grapes.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɪntɪdʒ/
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Then came the merry days of vintage, and the juice was pressed out of the ripe grapes.
You cannot suggest pleasanter memories than those of the vintage, for the day when the wine will be old.
More book examples (3)
Its appearance and the dust upon the bottle showed that it was no common vintage which the murderers had enjoyed.
We travelled at the time of the vintage and heard the song of the labourers as we glided down the stream.
Nothing, think you, but the fruit harvest and the vintage is in the fiery, flushing luster of Antares and the ominous Scorpion?