sherry

CEFRC2

/ˈʃɛɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A strong Spanish wine, usually sweet.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A glass of sherry.

Examples

  • Gabriel took nothing but the hot soup and a little sherry.

  • Yes, I'll have sherry.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A variety of sherry.

  2. A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.

More examples

In context

  • They produce several quality sherries.

  • Would you like a sherry?

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

During the wine tasting, she poured a glass of sweet blank from Spain.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).