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vineyard

[ vin-yerd ]

noun

  1. a plantation of grapevines, especially one producing grapes for winemaking.
  2. a sphere of activity, especially on a high spiritual plane.


vineyard

/ ˈvɪnjəd /

noun

  1. a plantation of grapevines, esp where wine grapes are produced


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Derived Forms

  • ˈvineyardist, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vineyard1

1300–50; Middle English ( vine, yard 2 ); replacing win ( e ) yard, Old English wīngeard

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vineyard1

Old English wīngeard; see vine , yard ²; related to Old High German wīngart, Old Norse vingarthr

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Example Sentences

Sightseeing highlightsYou’ll find no shortage of vineyards, with 10 of the world’s greatest situated in Toussaint.

Escobar cites a study that found 10 families can be lifted out of poverty for every 25 acres of vineyard planted in Bolivia.

You're running a vineyard and placing workers in spring or in winter to plant vines, build up your farm, and run tours for money.

To make it work, you must start in the vineyard — not at disgorgement — at the beginning.

Robin Hill Farm — a family farm, vineyard, winery and wedding venue about an hour outside of the District — transformed its parking lot into a hub of small-business activity on Saturday.

Nobody else thought that his patch, on a 60-degree angled slope, was viable as a vineyard.

Everybody making pinot noir lives in the shadow of one tiny vineyard in Burgundy, the 4.4 acres of La Romanee-Conti.

When President Obama finally came off the Vineyard and spoke out on the trauma that has transfixed America, he looked exhausted.

For a week I haunted the byways of the Vineyard searching for the shark-hiding place.

They built a wall around it and made it their clos (walled-in vineyard), reserving it for their personal consumption.

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little measure, and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three bushels.

A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.'

At his persuasion the pope purchased the vineyard, and the archological commission began the work of excavation.

The first of these areas which we reach on entering the vineyard is that known as the crypt of St. Lucina.

I shall quickly be off to look after my pretty vineyard down yonder, near Monbars, cured forever of my thoughts of speculation.

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