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Meaning of VINTAGE

Pronunciation:  'vintij

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the oldness of wines
  2. [n]  a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
 
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 Synonyms: time of origin
 
 See Also: oldness, vino, wine

 

 

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Vint"age\ (?; 48), n. [Corrupted by influence of
vintner, vintry, from OE. vindage, vendage, for vendange, OF.
vendenge, F. vendange, from L. vindemia; vinum wine, grapes +
demere to take off; de + emere, originally, to take. See
{Wine}, {Redeem}, and cf. {Vindemial}.]
1. The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in
   wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.
2. The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making
   the wine for a season.
{Vintage spring}, a wine fount.
{Vintage time}, the time of gathering grapes and making wine.
   --Milton.
 

 

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