Bordeaux wine
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- noun
- /bɔrˈdoʊ wɪn/
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vino de Burdeos
- Many restaurants offer Bordeaux wine on their wine lists due to its popularity and rich flavor.
- red Bordeaux wine
Examples
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And it was right then, just after reading the words "a good red Bordeaux wine," that the programming class came back to me: the instructor at the board with his flow chart, his orderly procedural steps, the if/then decision branches, the subroutines, all leading to the final "let cool, slice, serve."
Academic text (2004) -
At dinner, we enjoyed a fine glass of Bordeaux wine that perfectly complemented the steak.
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Buttered green peas or beans could accompany it, and a good red Bordeaux wine.
Academic text (2004) -
Bordeaux wines are a great example of this, as are some higher-end California cabernets.
Blog text (28) -
Many new to intermediate wine enthusiasts don't even bother looking at Bordeaux wines in a wine shop because they are intimidated and assume they will be out of their price range.
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Routinely, a woman delivering a baby spends ten days in a clinic overlooking Lake Geneva, where she learns to grapple with her new responsibilities over pedicures and Bordeaux wines.
Academic text (1996) -
They created a contest of sorts, with 300 Bordeaux wines less than $35—sparkling, white, red, and dessert—submitted by importers.
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When visiting France, trying a local Bordeaux wine is a must for any wine lover.
Synonyms
A red or white wine from the Bordeaux region of France sometimes made in the same style elsewhere
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'wine from the Bordeaux region or in that style' is directly and compositionally derived from the place-name 'Bordeaux' plus the noun 'wine'. This place+product naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Bordeaux wine gets its name from the region around the city of Bordeaux in France, where people have made wine for a very long time. Because the area became famous for a particular style, calling a wine a 'Bordeaux' now means it comes from that place or is made in the same way.