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winepress

British  
/ ˈwaɪnˌprɛs /

noun

  1. any equipment used for squeezing the juice from grapes in order to make wine

"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

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“The location of the winepress is near the top of Tel Zur Natan, where remains of a Samaritan synagogue were found with another inscription, and reveals Adios' high status.”

From Fox News Feb. 28, 2019

“This is only the second such winepress discovered in Israel with a blessing inscription associated with the Samaritans.”

From Fox News Feb. 28, 2019

In addition to the winepress, archaeologists also discovered stone quarries with rock-cut depressions for cultivating grapevines.

From Fox News Feb. 28, 2019

The great room is dominated by a six-foot-long stone fireplace capped by a mantel made from the same winepress that graces the front doorway.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir 33:16 I awaked up last of all, as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers: by the blessing of the Lord I profited, and tred my winepress like a gatherer of grapes.

From Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous

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