Chardonnay grape
- noun
- /ˈʃɑːrdəˌneɪ greɪp/
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uva Chardonnay
- Chefs often recommend pairing seafood dishes with a chilled glass of Chardonnay wine made from the Chardonnay grape.
Examples
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In one series of experiments, they took sharpshooters that were living on citrus trees and moved them to a Southern California vineyard of Chardonnay grapes.
Academic text (2001) -
The vineyard was famous for its excellent Chardonnay grape that produced award-winning wines.
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During the harvest season, workers carefully picked the ripe Chardonnay grape clusters from the vines.
Synonyms
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A white grape used to make white wine
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a variety of white grape used for Chardonnay wine' is directly derivable from combining the proper name 'Chardonnay' (a known wine/grape name) with the noun 'grape'; a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes the grape variety called Chardonnay. This is a straightforward compositional naming pattern (variety name + noun) that exists cross-linguistically, so it should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Chardonnay grape is named after a small village in France called Chardonnay, where this white grape was first grown. Because the wine made from those grapes became famous, the name now means the type of white grape used to make 'Chardonnay' wine.