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demi-sec

demi-sec adjective: medium dry (of wines).

Adjective

demi-sec (not comparable)

  1. Medium dry (of wines).

Noun

demi-sec (plural demi-secs)

  1. A medium-dry wine.

Forms of demi-sec

pluraldemi-secs

Origin of demi-sec

Borrowed from French demi-sec.

Questions about demi-sec

What does demi-sec mean?
Demi-sec means medium dry (of wines).
What part of speech is demi-sec?
Demi-sec can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near demi-sec in the dictionary

  1. demi-monde
  2. demi-mondes
  3. demi-pointe
  4. demi-rilievo
  5. demi-savage
  6. demi-sec
  7. demi-secs
  8. demi-tasse
  9. demi-tasses
  10. demi-toilette
  11. demi-vegetarian

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