wineglass

noun

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

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Her desk is adorned with a skiing Lego Santa, a camel-riding Lego pirate girl, a Lego robot wearing a hula skirt, and a bin full of rare Lego parts—Yoda heads, crabs, wineglasses, mermaid tails, and hot dogs—culled from visits to Lego headquarters in Billund, Denmark. IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2012 The daily menu is printed on the paper placemats, which get ringed with wineglass stains or speckled with drops of the olive oil that’s served with the bread. Ann Abel, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 What in the name of metal wineglasses is going on?! Laura Bradley, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for wineglass

Word History

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

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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 31 Mar. 2025.

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