1 [U,C] an alcoholic drink made from the juice of grapes that has been left to FERMENT. There are many different kinds of wine:
a bottle of wine * a glass of dry / sweet wine * red / rose / white wine * dessert / sparkling wine
2 [U,C] an alcoholic drink made from plants or fruits other than grapes:
elderberry / rice wine
3 [U] (also wine red) a dark red colour:
a wine velvet jacket
Part of speech: verb
IDIOMS
wine and dine (sb) to go to restaurants, etc. and enjoy good food and drink; to entertain sb by buying them good food and drink:
The town offers many opportunities for wining and dining. * The firm spent thousands wining and dining potential clients.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is wine a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, wine is tagged as noun.
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