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winepress

winepress noun: a press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.

winepress: a press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking
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Noun

winepress (plural winepresses)

  1. A press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.
    • Which make oyle within their walles, and tread their winepreſſes, and ſuffer thirſt.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 24:11
    • And the Angel thruſt in his ſickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, & cast it into the great winepreſſe of the wrath of God.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 14:19

winepress meaning in Tamil

winepress in Tamil

மதுப்பிழியற் கருவி

Forms of winepress

pluralwinepresses
alternative formwine-press

Origin of winepress

From Middle English wyne-presse, equivalent to wine + press.

Questions about winepress

What does winepress mean?
Winepress means a press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.
What is winepress in Tamil?
Winepress in Tamil is மதுப்பிழியற் கருவி. See Winepress meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is winepress?
Winepress is a noun.
What is the plural of winepress?
The plural of winepress is winepresses.

Words near winepress in the dictionary

  1. winemonger
  2. winemongers
  3. wineology
  4. winepot
  5. winepots
  6. winepress
  7. winepresses
  8. winer
  9. winerack
  10. wineracks
  11. wineries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: winepress (page history and authors); winepress (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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