sherry
noun/ˈʃeri/
/ˈʃeri/
(plural sherries)
- [uncountable, countable] a strong yellow or brown wine, originally from southern Spain. It is often drunk before meals.
- sweet/dry sherry
- cream sherry (= a type of very sweet sherry)
- fine quality sherries
- a sherry glass (= a type of small narrow wine glass)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- small
- cream
- dry
- …
- bottle
- glass
- have
- drink
- sip
- …
- glass
- vinegar
- trifle
- …
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- [countable] a glass of sherry
- I'll have a sherry.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- small
- cream
- dry
- …
- bottle
- glass
- have
- drink
- sip
- …
- glass
- vinegar
- trifle
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: alteration of archaic sherris, interpreted as plural, from Spanish (vino de) Xeres ‘Xeres (wine)’ (Xeres being the former name of Jerez, a town in Andalusia, Spain).
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