stum (st m)n. 1. Unfermented or partly fermented grape juice; must. 2. Vapid wine renewed by an admixture of stum. tr.v. stummed, stum·ming, stums To ferment (vapid wine) by adding stum. [Dutch stom, dumb, stum, from Middle Dutch.] |
stum [stʌm] (in wine-making)
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a less common word for must2
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) partly fermented wine added to fermented wine as a preservative
vb stums, stumming, stummed
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) to preserve (wine) by adding stum
[from Dutch stom dumb; related to German stumm]
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