wine press
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wine press
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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The house has a wood-paneled office with a coffered ceiling and a brick-floored wine cellar with an antique wine press.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Bunches of dark pinot noir grapes lie in wooden pallets stacked next to the wine press.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2023
It then passed through several owners until the Joliets bought the property, along with the house, Manoir de la Perrière, and the airy, barrel-vaulted cellar, complete with an imposing medieval wine press.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
We passed a stone trough for cattle and weathered man-made cutouts — wine press? old kiln? — in the shelf of rock at our feet.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
They are picking grapes and working a wine press and selling wine.
From Buried Cities, Volume 1 Pompeii by Hall, Jennie
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