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CHARDONNAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chardonnay mean?
• CHARDONNAY (noun)
The noun CHARDONNAY has 2 senses:
2. dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes
Familiarity information: CHARDONNAY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
White wine grape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chardonnay; chardonnay grape
Hypernyms ("Chardonnay" is a kind of...):
common grape vine; vinifera; vinifera grape; Vitis vinifera (common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes)
Meronyms (substance of "Chardonnay"):
Chardonnay; Pinot Chardonnay (dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
Chardonnay; Pinot Chardonnay
Hypernyms ("Chardonnay" is a kind of...):
white wine (pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation)
Holonyms ("Chardonnay" is a substance of...):
Chardonnay; chardonnay grape (white wine grape)
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