vintage
The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
Noun 4 meanings
The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
The year or place in which something is produced.
Adjective 3 meanings
Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
Verb 2 meanings
To harvest (grapes).
To make (wine) from grapes.
Etymology
From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vindēmia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + emō (“take”).
VINTAGE at a glance
VINTAGE has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (V 4 + I 1 + N 1 + T 1 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,285 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with vintage
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- VANTAGE11
- MINTAGE10
- VENTAGE11
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