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BORDEAUX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them
Synonyms:
Bordeaux; Bordeaux wine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Bordeaux" is a kind of...):
vino; wine (fermented juice (of grapes especially))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Bordeaux"):
Medoc (red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France)
claret; red Bordeaux (dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Bordeaux" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Context examples:
By my faith! we did not tarry long, but we hied back to Bordeaux, where we came in safety with the King of France and also the feather-bed.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We cannot tarry, said Sir Nigel, riding towards the town, with the mayor upon his left side; the Prince awaits us at Bordeaux, and we may not be behind the general muster.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If Bordeaux and Calais be gone, then what is left for England?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“But not Bordeaux?” cried Sir Nigel excitedly.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mort Dieu! cried he, it is my little swordsman of Bordeaux.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I was also on such an occasion thrust through the shoulder by Lyon de Montcourt, whom I met on the high road betwixt Libourne and Bordeaux.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For armor, swords, and lances, there was no need to take much forethought, for they were to be had both better and cheaper in Bordeaux than in England.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By his armor, sire, which is rounder at elbow and at shoulder than any of Bordeaux or of England.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Even the squires' table at the Abbey of St. Andrew's at Bordeaux was on a very sumptuous scale while the prince held his court there.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There was talk of it in Bordeaux, answered the archer, and I saw myself that the armorers and smiths were as busy as rats in a wheat-rick.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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