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

From Fox News Feb. 28, 2019

“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

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

He promus Mars Dugal' he c'd make de grapevimes b'ar twice't ez many grapes, en dat de noo winepress he wuz a-sellin' would make mo' d'n twice't ez many gallons er wine.

From The Conjure Woman by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)

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