Definition of Port wine

1. Noun. Sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal.

Exact synonyms: Port
Generic synonyms: Fortified Wine
Derivative terms: Port

Definition of Port wine

1. Noun. A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Port Wine

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porringers
port
port-o-john
port-o-johns
port-o-potty
port-wine stain
port arms
port cities
port city
port forwarding
port of call
port of entry
port watcher
port wine
port wines
porta
porta-potty
porta hepatis
portabella
portabellas
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portabellos
portabilities
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portable
portable computer
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Literary usage of Port wine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1873)
"The mode of making port wine is extremely unclean, and the proceedings lire ... 677, a complete scheme for the reform of the making of port wine is given, ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1859)
"Dr. W. commenced by administering four ounces of port wine with twenty drops of tincture of opium. The patient speedily manifested sigáis of improvement. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"port wine Trade.—The port wine trade is of considerable Ьщ ance to the United Kingdom not onlv because the chief trade ia ..."

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