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    Cava
    noun
    a dry, sparkling white table wine produced in northeastern Spain.
  • cava
    cava
    noun
    a Spanish sparkling wine produced by a method similar to that used for champagne

Cava

American  
[kah-vuh] / ˈkɑ və /

noun

  1. (often lowercase) a dry, sparkling white table wine produced in northeastern Spain.


cava British  
/ ˈkɑːvə /

noun

  1. a Spanish sparkling wine produced by a method similar to that used for champagne

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cava

from Spanish

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I prefer the driest, least sweet, styles of cava with my favorite being “Brut Nature” with 0-3 grams/liter of residual sugar.

From Salon Dec. 28, 2023

Top with cava or sparkling wine and drop a star anise on top.

From Salon Dec. 28, 2023

Parkhurst used a tiny gripping tool to grasp the hook and pull the filter up through the vena cava and out through the small incision in the patient’s neck.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2022

Sparkling wine has been produced in Rioja for more than a century, generally designated as cava instead of the regional name.

From Washington Post Nov. 25, 2022

The veins emptying into the auricles are not capable of closure, but the posterior vena cava has an imperfect valve at its aperture.

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