RHENISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhenish mean? 

• RHENISH (noun)
  The noun RHENISH has 1 sense:

1. any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage)

  Familiarity information: RHENISH used as a noun is very rare.

• RHENISH (adjective)
  The adjective RHENISH has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it

  Familiarity information: RHENISH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHENISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

hock; Rhenish; Rhine wine

Hypernyms ("Rhenish" is a kind of...):

white wine (pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Rhenish"):

Riesling (fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California)

liebfraumilch (a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany))

Derivation:

Rhenish (of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it)

• RHENISH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Rhenish wines tend to be sweet

Pertainym:

Rhine (a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea)

Derivation:

Rhenish (any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage))

 Context examples 

Both she and it reached the Rhenish spa by some circuitous route.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He invariably paid the way for both, and it was through him that Martin learned the refinements of food, drank his first champagne, and made acquaintance with Rhenish wines.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)