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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

Indeed, comfort is the first thought that comes to mind as you pass through the front door, framed in wood reclaimed from an antique winepress.

From Time Magazine Archive

His body was become much more white from the quantity of blood he had lost; and I heard him exclaim, 'I am pressed as the grape, which is trodden in the winepress.

From The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anna Catherine Emmerich

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