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WINEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does winey mean?
• WINEY (adjective)
The adjective WINEY has 1 sense:
1. having the taste of wine
Familiarity information: WINEY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the taste of wine
Synonyms:
winey; winy
Context example:
a rich winy taste
Similar:
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
Derivation:
wine (fermented juice (of grapes especially))
Context examples
The gentle apple's winey juice.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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