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BURGUNDY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dark purplish-red to blackish-red color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("burgundy" is a kind of...):
dark red (a red color that reflects little light)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)
Synonyms:
Burgundy; Burgundy wine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Burgundy" is a kind of...):
vino; wine (fermented juice (of grapes especially))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Burgundy"):
Beaujolais (dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France)
Chablis; white Burgundy (dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it)
Montrachet (a white Burgundy wine)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines
Synonyms:
Bourgogne; Burgundy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
French region (a geographical subdivision of France)
Holonyms ("Burgundy" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
