Merlot
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- noun
- /mɜrˈloʊ/
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merlot
- The restaurant offers a selection of red wines, including a smooth Merlot.
- Merlot grapes
Examples
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The sheriff here loves his merlot.
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I'll have a glass of merlot, please.
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Would you, uh-- would you care for some very fine Merlot?
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Would you like some merlot?
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This merlot is really fancy.
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I asked him to find me the Merlot '95, which he did.
Fiction book (1997) -
I hit on the obvious solution and ordered another Merlot.
Fiction book (2000) -
You haven't even touched your Merlot.
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There's a rather lovely Merlot and a piping hot lava cake waiting.
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I'll have er... ...calamari salad, er... steak, medium rare, and a bottle of Merlot.
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Etymology
Merlot comes from French merle 'blackbird' with the small ending -ot 'little', so the name originally meant 'little blackbird'. People think this came from the grape's dark colour or from birds that ate the grapes, so Merlot now means the dark red grape and the wine made from it.