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champagne tap

champagne tap

7.9
A small tool that pours champagne from a bottle into glasses
  • noun
translation icon : grifo de champán
  • He expertly attached the champagne tap to the bottle before starting the celebration.

Examples

  • The hotel banquet featured a champagne tap for the guests to enjoy unlimited refills.

  • Several elegant champagne taps lined the bar at the New Year's party.

  • The waiter used a champagne tap to serve the guests.

  • Can you pass me the champagne tap?

  • The hotel banquet featured a champagne tap that allowed guests to enjoy unlimited refills of bubbly.

  • He expertly attached the champagne tap to the bottle to serve sparkling wine at the party.

  • Several elegant champagne taps were set up at the outdoor wedding for guests to enjoy.

Synonyms

tap
vschampagne tap
  • UK
76 1.0

A device that controls liquid flow from a pipe or barrel

is limited to dispensing a specific bottled wine in a controlled way

Surface Forms

champagne tap singular
champagne taps plural

Morphology

champagne + tap

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'champagne' (a sparkling wine) + 'tap' (a device that controls liquid flow): a tap for dispensing champagne. This follows common English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended device meaning.

Etymology

Champagne tap comes from the simple image of fixing a small tap or spout to a bottle of champagne so the bubbly can flow out easily at a party. That's why the term means 'a device for pouring champagne'.