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sherry.

A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃɛɹi/
  1. A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.

    uncountable · usually
  2. A variety of sherry.

    uncountable · usually
    They produce several quality sherries.
  3. A glass of sherry.

    uncountable · usually
    Would you like a sherry?
Where this word comes from

Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Spanish Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).

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