word-vault/dist/data/cards/wi/wine.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "wine",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an alcoholic drink made from the juice of grapes that has been left to ferment. There are many different kinds of wine.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**sparkling wine**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a dry/sweet wine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**red/rosé/white wine**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a selection of **fine wines**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **glass/bottle of wine**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He never **drank wine**, beer or spirits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "French/Italian/Australian wines"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We ordered the house wine *(= the cheapest wine available in a particular restaurant, sometimes not listed by name)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The region **produces** top-quality **wines**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the wine industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you serve wine by the glass?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "wines from other regions of France"
                },
                {
                    "text": "wines from native grapes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A good selection of wine by the glass was on offer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "About 60% of Australia's wine is produced in South Australia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you drink wine?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He went to Chile to taste wines."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I took another bottle from the wine rack."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll have some wine, please."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Open the wine an hour before the meal to let it breathe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She took a sip of her wine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The restaurant's house wines are Australian."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The restaurant's house wines are an Australian Chardonnay and a French red."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The supermarket holds occasional wine-tasting sessions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The waiter went around pouring the wine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The waiter went round topping up people's wine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wine flowed freely at the party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wine had gone to his head and he was starting to talk rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The winery has been making wine for a couple of centuries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The younger wines will be mature after about three years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They always ply their clients with wine before getting down to business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We hold occasional wine-tasting sessions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Would you like another drop of wine?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cheap sour wine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a farm at the edge of northern California's wine country"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wine-growing region"
                },
                {
                    "text": "fortified wines such as port and sherry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "some new wines from South Africa"
                },
                {
                    "text": "wine aged in the bottle"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Drinks"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an alcoholic drink made from plants or fruits other than grapes",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "elderberry/rice wine"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a dark red colour",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/waɪn/",
                "audio": "wi/wine/wine__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/waɪn/",
                "audio": "wi/wine/wine__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wīn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijn, German Wein, based on Latin vinum."
}