Dictionary
vin•tage
Pronunciation: (vin'tij), [key]
—n., adj., v., -taged, -tag•ing.
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n.
1. the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
2. the annual produce of the grape harvest, esp. with reference to the wine obtained.
3. an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year.
4. the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking.
5. the act or process of producing wine; winemaking.
6. the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use:
a hat of last year's vintage.
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adj.
1. of or pertaining to wines or winemaking.
2. being of a specified vintage:
Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines.
3. representing the high quality of a past time:
vintage cars; vintage movies.
4. old-fashioned or obsolete:
vintage jokes.
5. being the best of its kind:
They praised the play as vintage O'Neill.
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v.t.
1. to gather or harvest (grapes) for wine-making:
The muscats were vintaged too early.
2. to make (wine) from grapes:
a region that vintages a truly great champagne.
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v.i.
to harvest grapes for wine-making.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
