amontillado

American  

[uh-mon-tl-ah-doh, -tee-ah-, ah-mawn-tee-lyah-thaw, -yah-thaw] / əˌmɒn tlˈɑ doʊ, -tiˈɑ-, ɑˌmɔn tiˈlyɑ θɔ, -ˈyɑ ðɔ /

noun

1. a pale, dry Spanish sherry.

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amontillado British  

/ əˌmɒntɪˈlɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. a medium dry Spanish sherry, not as pale in colour as a fino

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Etymology

Origin of amontillado

1815–25; < Spanish, equivalent to a to, near (< Latin ad ) + Montill ( a ) ( see montilla) + -ado -ate ¹