Jafje's definitions
NOUN:
1. Wine production year: The year in which the grapes used in making a specific wine were harvested.
2. Wine from particular year: Wine made from a particular harvest of grapes.
3. Grape harvesting: The harvesting of grapes for wine.
4. Wine: A wine, especially an excellent one.
5. Period: The period of time when something appeared or began, or when somebody was born or flourished.
6. Group sharing characteristics: A group of people or things that are similar or belong to the same period of time.
ADJECTIVE:
1. Good for wine: Produced from or characterized by a good harvest of grapes for wine-making, so that the wine does not have to be improved by blending with wine from another harvest.
2. Of best: Representing what is best or most characteristic of somebody or something.
3. Classic: Recognized as being of high quality and lasting appeal.
4. Out of date: No longer fashionable or modern.
1. Wine production year: The year in which the grapes used in making a specific wine were harvested.
2. Wine from particular year: Wine made from a particular harvest of grapes.
3. Grape harvesting: The harvesting of grapes for wine.
4. Wine: A wine, especially an excellent one.
5. Period: The period of time when something appeared or began, or when somebody was born or flourished.
6. Group sharing characteristics: A group of people or things that are similar or belong to the same period of time.
ADJECTIVE:
1. Good for wine: Produced from or characterized by a good harvest of grapes for wine-making, so that the wine does not have to be improved by blending with wine from another harvest.
2. Of best: Representing what is best or most characteristic of somebody or something.
3. Classic: Recognized as being of high quality and lasting appeal.
4. Out of date: No longer fashionable or modern.
NOUN:
Depression-vintage furniture.
ADJECTIVE:
1. A vintage year.
2. A vintage performance.
3. A series of vintage comedies.
Depression-vintage furniture.
ADJECTIVE:
1. A vintage year.
2. A vintage performance.
3. A series of vintage comedies.
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Get the Colossal mug.1. A small narrow opening.
2. A fixed or adjustable opening in a piece of equipment such as a camera or microscope that lets light pass through a lens or mirror.
3. The diameter of an aperture in a piece of equipment such as a camera.
2. A fixed or adjustable opening in a piece of equipment such as a camera or microscope that lets light pass through a lens or mirror.
3. The diameter of an aperture in a piece of equipment such as a camera.
See definition of aperture above.
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Types of abbreviations:
There are four main kinds of abbreviations: shortenings, contractions, initialisms, and acronyms. 1 Shortenings of words usually consist of the first few letters of the full form and are usually spelled with a final period when they are still regarded as abbreviations, for example, cont. = continued, in = inch. In the cases when they form words in their own right, the period is omitted, for example, hippo = hippopotamus, limo = limousine. Such shortenings are often but not always informal. Some become the standard forms, and the full forms are then regarded as formal or technical, for example, bus = omnibus, taxi = taxicab, deli = delicatessen, zoo = zoological garden. Sometimes shortenings are altered to facilitate their pronunciation or spelling: bike = bicycle2 Contractions are abbreviated forms in which letters from the middle of the full form have been omitted, for example, Dr. = doctor, St. = saint or street. Such forms are invariably followed by a period. Another kind of contraction is the type with an apostrophe marking the omission of letters: can't = cannot, didn't = did not, you've = you have. 3 Initialisms are made up of the initial letters of words and are pronounced as separate letters: CIA (or C.I.A.), NYC, pm (or p.m.), U.S. (or US). Practice varies with regard to periods, with current usage increasingly in favor of omitting them, especially when the initialism consists entirely of capital letters. 4 Acronyms are initialisms that have become words in their own right, or similar words formed from parts of several words. They are pronounced as words rather than as a series of letters, for example, AIDS, laser, scuba, UNESCO, and do not have periods. In many cases the acronym becomes the standard term and the full form is only used in explanatory contexts.
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Types of abbreviations:
There are four main kinds of abbreviations: shortenings, contractions, initialisms, and acronyms. 1 Shortenings of words usually consist of the first few letters of the full form and are usually spelled with a final period when they are still regarded as abbreviations, for example, cont. = continued, in = inch. In the cases when they form words in their own right, the period is omitted, for example, hippo = hippopotamus, limo = limousine. Such shortenings are often but not always informal. Some become the standard forms, and the full forms are then regarded as formal or technical, for example, bus = omnibus, taxi = taxicab, deli = delicatessen, zoo = zoological garden. Sometimes shortenings are altered to facilitate their pronunciation or spelling: bike = bicycle2 Contractions are abbreviated forms in which letters from the middle of the full form have been omitted, for example, Dr. = doctor, St. = saint or street. Such forms are invariably followed by a period. Another kind of contraction is the type with an apostrophe marking the omission of letters: can't = cannot, didn't = did not, you've = you have. 3 Initialisms are made up of the initial letters of words and are pronounced as separate letters: CIA (or C.I.A.), NYC, pm (or p.m.), U.S. (or US). Practice varies with regard to periods, with current usage increasingly in favor of omitting them, especially when the initialism consists entirely of capital letters. 4 Acronyms are initialisms that have become words in their own right, or similar words formed from parts of several words. They are pronounced as words rather than as a series of letters, for example, AIDS, laser, scuba, UNESCO, and do not have periods. In many cases the acronym becomes the standard term and the full form is only used in explanatory contexts.
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In Dutch and Flemish: Vlaams (= flemish).
In Dutch and Flemish: Nederlands (= Dutch).
The grammar and spelling of both languages is the same, the only difference is in the pronounciation.
In Dutch and Flemish: Vlaams (= flemish).
In Dutch and Flemish: Nederlands (= Dutch).
The grammar and spelling of both languages is the same, the only difference is in the pronounciation.
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