Vineyard Meaning
/ˈvɪn.jɚd/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.
nameA surname.
Sentence Examples
Martha's Vineyard looks a lot like Sylt.
In Maribor one can find a rather old vineyard.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Workers carefully picked the ripe grapes in the large ____ to make wine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We spent a lazy afternoon walking through the ____ and learning about the different stages of the whole wine-making process today.
Word Origin & History
Equivalent to vine + yard; from Middle English vyneȝerd (circa 1300), following earlier Old English wīnġeard (“wine yard, vine yard”), with vine (from Old French vigne (“vine, vineyard”), from Latin vīnea) replacing native Old English wīn (“wine, vine”). The earlier wīnġeard may have had the sense of “vine” already, with /w/ → /v/ facilitated by common v-/w- interchange. Compare Dutch wijngaard (literally “wine garden”) and German Weingarten alongside contracted Wingert. (Dutch gaard, German Garten are cognate to English yard.)
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A vineyard is flooded in Walnut Grove on January 4."
— 2023 January 16, “California’s flooding, in pictures”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2023:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Workers carefully picked the ripe grapes in the large ____ to make wine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We spent a lazy afternoon walking through the ____ and learning about the different stages of the whole wine-making process today.