wineglass

noun

wine·​glass ˈwīn-ˌglas How to pronounce wineglass (audio)
: a stemware drinking glass for wine

Examples of wineglass in a Sentence

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In Paris, Diana was tricked, by her husband and mine, into knocking back a wineglass that had a dead fly in it. Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024 Jones recalls, several years ago, being at the home of a Black collector who clinked his wineglass and announced to the table that he was puzzled at first when an institution asked him to host a dinner in Jones’s honor. Adam Bradley, New York Times, 10 May 2024 He was tempted to snatch and drain her full wineglass. Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024 At that very moment, the barn door behind him opened, revealing a lavish dining room: candlelit tables stretching beneath glass chandeliers, wineglasses waiting to be filled, filet mignon on the menu made from cattle that once lived on the Colorado ranch. Jessica Testa, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for wineglass 

Word History

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wineglass was in 1613

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“Wineglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wineglass. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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