claret

Speech parts

1. claret - Noun

2. claret - Adjective

3. claret - Verb

Meaning

The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

garnet crimson burgundy maroon red wine Bordeaux wine red Bordeaux cardinal bordeaux ruby shiraz scarlet moselle carmine merlot
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Antonyms

wan white neutral obscure pale bloodless
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Hypernyms

bordeaux drink booze fuddle dark red red wine

Hyponyms

Saint Emilion

Phrases with the word

claret-colored claret red claret-coloured claret wine claret-breasted fruit dove claret pondhawk

Anagrams

cartel lacert rectal arclet Recalt

Examples

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. Samuel Johnson

Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small beer in it, and the second reeked claret. Charles Lamb

Let the fairy tale begin on a winter's morning, then, with one drop of blood newly-fallen on the ivory snow: a drop as bright as a clear-cut ruby, red as a single spot of claret on the lace cuff. Ellen Kushner

He talked with more claret than clarity. Susan Ertz

They were clareting until well past midnight Source: Internet

I also raved about the Claret Lemonade wine cocktail (all are $9) made with red wine, lemons and limes muddled and strained, a bit of orange and simple syrup. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Clarendonian Clarent Clarenville claret cup claret jug claret pondhawk