winery
/ˈwaɪnəɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: winehouse (precisely meronymous)"
- "Their Napa Valley winery was built in 1958 on the site of a former vegetable farm."
- "A firefighter walks through smoke while fighting to save a winery in Lakeport on July 30."
- "Near-synonym: winemaker (person or company)"
- "Their Napa Valley winery now has several locations."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-West Germanic *wīn Old English wīn Middle English wyn English wine Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English winery From wine + -ry.