Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fortified Spanish wine ranging from very dry to sweet and from amber to brown.
- noun A similar wine made elsewhere.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Originally, the wine of Xeres; hence; a general name for the strong white wines of the south of Spain, of all qualities except the lowest.
- noun A small wine-glass of the size and form commonly used for sherry and similar wines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down.
- noun a beverage prepared with sherry wine, water, lemon or orange, sugar, ice, etc., and usually imbided through a straw or a glass tube.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A
fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera inSpain , or a similar wine produced elsewhere. - noun A variety of sherry.
- noun A glass of sherry.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He could never tell Madeira from sherry, -- nay, an Oriental friend having sent him a butt of _sheeraz_, when he {p. 253} remembered the circumstance some time afterwards, and called for a bottle to have Sir John Malcolm's opinion of its quality, it turned out that his butler, mistaking the label, had already served up half the bin as _sherry_.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) 1824
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The term sherry is derived from the name of the town where it is made: Jerez de la Frontera, which, along with Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Puerto de Santa María, forms a triangle in southwestern Spain.
Sherry's Joyous Value Will Lyons 2011
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Madrid maintains that the term sherry can only be applied to wine made in the region of Jerez in southern Spain.
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But they're also keen on lesser-known wine-producing areas, like Canada's Niagara region, which touts scenic wonders and ice wine, to boot, and European centers that specialize in sherry and port.
10 Wine Regions Worth Exploring (PHOTOS) Kate Auletta 2010
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But they're also keen on lesser-known wine-producing areas, like Canada's Niagara region, which touts scenic wonders and ice wine, to boot, and European centers that specialize in sherry and port.
10 Wine Regions Worth Exploring (PHOTOS) Kate Auletta 2010
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But they're also keen on lesser-known wine-producing areas, like Canada's Niagara region, which touts scenic wonders and ice wine, to boot, and European centers that specialize in sherry and port.
10 Wine Regions Worth Exploring (PHOTOS) Kate Auletta 2010
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But they're also keen on lesser-known wine-producing areas, like Canada's Niagara region, which touts scenic wonders and ice wine, to boot, and European centers that specialize in sherry and port.
10 Wine Regions Worth Exploring (PHOTOS) Kate Auletta 2010
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An agreement on the terms sherry and porto, drinks from Spain and
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The accord snagged on the names of fortified wines, with Spain and Portugal insisting South Africa stop using the terms sherry and port for its wines.
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You persuaded me to give up that silly drink they call sherry, and drink ale; and what was it but drinking ale which gave me courage to knock down that fellow
The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' George Henry Borrow 1842
skipvia commented on the word sherry
Sherry Baby by the Four Seasons
February 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word sherry
Sheh-eh-eh-ehe-eh-herry baay-yaaay-beee...
Don't forget Oh Sherrie by Steve Perry. HA!
February 8, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word sherry
According to one theory, it is from Jerez in Spain, which itself comes from Persian Shiraz during the time of Rustamid empire in Spain
August 31, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word sherry
originally dry...... now sweet!
May 15, 2012