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claret

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clar·et  (klrt)
n.
1.
a. A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France.
b. A similar wine made elsewhere.
2. A dark or grayish purplish red to dark purplish pink.

[Middle English, light-colored wine, from Old French (vin) claret, diminutive of clair, clear, from Latin clrus; see clear.]

claret [ˈklærət]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Chiefly Brit a red wine, esp one from the Bordeaux district of France
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)
a.  a purplish-red colour
b.  (as adjective) a claret carpet
[from Old French (vin) claret clear (wine), from Medieval Latin clārātum, from clārāre to make clear, from Latin clārus clear]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.claret - a dark purplish-red color
dark red - a red color that reflects little light
2.claret - dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine
red wine - wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes
Bordeaux wine, Bordeaux - any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them
Saint Emilion - full-bodied red wine from around the town of Saint Emilion in Bordeaux
Verb1.claret - drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight"
booze, drink, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
Translations
claret [ˈklærət] N
1. (= wine) → vino m de Burdeos
2. (= colour) → burdeos m
claret [ˈklærət] nbordeaux m (rouge)
claret
n
(= wine)roter Bordeauxwein
(= colour)Weinrot nt
adjweinrot
claret [ˈklærət] nchiaretto (originario della regione di Bordeaux)
claret [ˈklærət] nchiaretto (originario della regione di Bordeaux)


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To picnic by some lonely stream-side on a few sandwiches, a flask of claret, and a pennyworth of apples; to talk about the books we loved; to exchange our hopes and dreams,--we asked nothing better than this simple fare.
I was embarrassed to make a choice, and the steward nearly collapsed when I ordered claret as an after- dinner drink.
Observing all this in the first comprehensive glance with which a stranger surveys a place that is new to him, Nicholas sat himself down in the box next to the noisy party, with his back towards them, and postponing his order for a pint of claret until such time as the waiter and one of the elderly gentlemen should have settled a disputed question relative to the price of an item in the bill of fare, took up a newspaper and began to read.
 
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