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RHENISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage)

Synonyms:

hock; Rhenish; Rhine wine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Rhenish" is a kind of...):

white wine (pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Rhenish"):

Riesling (fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California)

liebfraumilch (a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany))

Derivation:

Rhenish (of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it

Example:

Rhenish wines tend to be sweet

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Rhine (a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea)

Derivation:

Rhenish (any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage))

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