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SAUTERNE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sauterne mean?
• SAUTERNE (noun)
The noun SAUTERNE has 1 sense:
1. semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California
Familiarity information: SAUTERNE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
Sauterne; Sauternes
Hypernyms ("Sauterne" is a kind of...):
white wine (pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation)
Context examples
I was bridesmaid. I came into her room half an hour before the bridal dinner, and found her lying on her bed as lovely as the June night in her flowered dress—and as drunk as a monkey. She had a bottle of sauterne in one hand and a letter in the other.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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