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FORTIFIED WINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wine to which alcohol (usually grape brandy) has been added
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("fortified wine" is a kind of...):
vino; wine (fermented juice (of grapes especially))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fortified wine"):
Madeira (an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands)
port; port wine (sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal)
sherry (dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif)
Marsala (dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from Sicily)
muscadel; muscadelle; muscat; muscatel (wine from muscat grapes)
