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cantina

cantina

1 5.8
A small cellar where people store and sometimes make wine
  • noun
  • /kænˈtiːnə/
  • US
translation icon : bodega
  • Five hundred years ago, a mother hid with her three children in the family's dank, lightless cantina in Marina di Campo.

Examples

  • In the cantina, the rich aroma of freshly fermented grapes filled the air.

  • They drank the fine wines right from the bottles, like men in a cantina, and danced wildly to eerie music from invisible instruments.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The cantina is a perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine while relaxing with friends.

  • After the harvest, we celebrated in the cantina where the wine is produced and stored.

Synonyms

winery
vscantina
46 3.0

A place where people make wine to sell

is typically smaller and may store or serve wine rather than mass produce
wine cellar
vscantina
16 3.4

A cool underground room where people keep bottles of wine to age

is a small building which may produce or serve wine as well as store
cava
vscantina
  • UK
1 8.3

A cool underground cellar in Spain where people store and age wine

is a small building used for storing, producing, or serving wine beyond aging
cellarage
vscantina
  • Archaic
9.9

A cool space in a cellar for storing wine or food

is a small building used for storing, producing, or sometimes serving wine

Surface Forms

cantina singular
cantinas plural

Etymology

Cantina comes from Spanish and Italian and originally meant a 'wine cellar' or a store for barrels of wine. That's why cantina can mean a cellar or small building where wine is stored or made.