wineless
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a word derived from
wine.
winenounthe fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
Example Sentences
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The future king was treated to a wineless lunch of cold cuts, sourdough bread, California cheeses, fruits and nuts served with borrowed silverware.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
Evelyn Waugh complained about “lunch in wineless canteens.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2018
Libations to the Elder Gods, such as the Fates and Eumenides, had to be "wineless."
From Alcestis by Gilbert Murray
But there was not so sober a party in the kingdom as that which was anxiously gathered together over a wineless meal in the chateau of Brest.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
These glasses we turn down to-day Here at the parting of the way— We shall be wineless then as they, And shall not mind it more.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson