cru

American  

[kroo, kry] / kru, krü /

noun

plural

crus

1. (in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth Grand Cru or a First Growth Premier Cru.

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cru British  

/ kruː, kry /

noun

1. winemaking (in France) a vineyard, group of vineyards, or wine-producing region

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Etymology

Origin of cru

1815–25; < French, noun use of crû, past participle of croître to grow < Latin crēscere

Example Sentences

It’s sourced from grand cru villages Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger, produced by a family that’s bottled its own Champagnes for nearly 100 years.

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“I don’t think there is anyone who is buying a serious quantity of critical minerals and rare earths who isn’t considering resilience,” said Willis Thomas, a critical minerals expert at CRU, a global commodities data firm.

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The spot market price for coiled sheet steel is $893 a ton, up $93 from the end of September, according to steel market consulting firm CRU.

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And he trusts Sydney’s predatory company about as far as he could throw a Nebuchadnezzar of Cassell Grand Cru.

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Glencore, BHP Group and First Quantum are among those developing eight projects requiring some $26 billion in new investments, said Nicolás Muñoz, a mining expert at consulting firm CRU Group.

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