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vine·yard

 (vĭn′yərd)
n.
1. A tract of land where grapes are grown.
2. A sphere of endeavor: toiled in the vineyard of publishing.
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vineyard

(ˈvɪnjəd)
n
(Agriculture) a plantation of grapevines, esp where wine grapes are produced
[Old English wīngeard; see vine, yard2; related to Old High German wīngart, Old Norse vingarthr]
ˈvineyardist n
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vine•yard

(ˈvɪn yərd)

n.
1. a plantation of grapevines, esp. one producing grapes for winemaking.
2. a sphere of activity.
[1300–50; Middle English (see vine, yard2); replacing win(e)yard, Old English wīngeard]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vineyard - a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are producedvineyard - a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
farm - workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"
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Translations
كَرْمكَرْم، بُسْتان لِزِراعَة الكُروم
vinice
vingårdvinmark
viinitarha
vinograd
víngarðurvíngarîur
ぶどう園
포도원
vinica
vinograd
vingård
ไร่องุ่น
bağüzüm bağı
vườn nho

vineyard

[ˈvɪnjəd] Nviña f, viñedo m
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vineyard

[ˈvɪnjərd] nvignoble m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

vineyard

[ˈvɪnjəd] nvigna, vigneto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

vine

(vain) noun
1. a type of climbing plant which bears grapes.
2. any climbing or trailing plant.
ˈvineyard (ˈvin-) noun
an area which is planted with grape vines. We spent the summer touring the French vineyards.
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vineyard

كَرْم vinice vingård Weinberg αμπελώνας viñedo viinitarha vignoble vinograd vigneto ブドウ園 포도원 wijngaard vingård winnica vinha, vinhedo виноградник vingård ไร่องุ่น bağ vườn nho 葡萄园
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References in classic literature ?
A FARMER being about to die, and knowing that during his illness his Sons had permitted the vineyard to become overgrown with weeds while they improved the shining hour by gambling with the doctor, said to them:
I pore over the abstract of title of the vineyard called Tokay on the rancho called Petaluma.
The place was a vineyard, but it overhung the sea, and I got taken on as tame sailorman and emergency bottle-washer.
AN Itinerant Preacher who had wrought hard in the moral vineyard for several hours whispered to a Holy Deacon of the local church:
"The table was laid in a vineyard belonging to the pope, near San Pierdarena, a charming retreat which the cardinals knew very well by report.
If he owned the place, he'd clear a patch of land on the side-hill above the vineyard and plant a small home orchard.
"Mouston," replied Porthos, much affected, "should we ever see my castle of Pierrefonds again you shall have as your own and for your descendants the vineyard that surrounds the farm."
The Portas remained in my house, and set fire to my vineyard at Longone.
He then took off his armour and gave it to Eumaeus and Philoetius, who went straight on to the house, while he turned off into the vineyard to make trial of his father.
But boldness breeds boldness, and shortly I plunged into a Vineyard, in the full light of the moon, and captured a gallon of superb grapes, not even minding the presence of a peasant who rode by on a mule.
There was young Nat Swaine, once the bravest boat-header out of all Nantucket and the Vineyard; he joined the meeting, and never came to good.
"We'll see 'm later on," Billy said, as they turned northwest, through the vineyards and orchards of Napa Valley.