variants
or less commonly Champagne
1
: a white sparkling wine made in the old province of Champagne, France
also
: a similar wine made elsewhere
2
: a pale orange yellow to light grayish-yellowish brown
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Six bottles of champagne, and three bottles of vodka, and put it on his tab!
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Four years later, thoughtfully but perhaps unhelpfully, a federal judge decreed that 28 bottles of champagne seized from a drugstore not far from the Soldiers’ Home be donated to the old fellows.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The wine list features 450 labels including Italian, French and German wines and also Italian sparkling wines and Champagne from areas such as Côte de Blancs, Montagne de Reims, Marne and Aube.
—Andrea Onate, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
Back-to-back parties, overflowing champagne, and a bevy of traffic worth enduring in the name of a good time.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Four years later, thoughtfully but perhaps unhelpfully, a federal judge decreed that 28 bottles of champagne seized from a drugstore not far from the Soldiers’ Home be donated to the old fellows.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The wine list features 450 labels including Italian, French and German wines and also Italian sparkling wines and Champagne from areas such as Côte de Blancs, Montagne de Reims, Marne and Aube.
—Andrea Onate, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
Back-to-back parties, overflowing champagne, and a bevy of traffic worth enduring in the name of a good time.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Champagne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/champagne. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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champagne
noun
cham·pagne
sham-ˈpān 
: a white sparkling wine
Geographical Definition
Champagne
geographical name
Cham·pagne
sham-ˈpān
historic region and former province of northeastern France west of Lorraine and north of Burgundy; capital Troyes
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