VINIFICATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("vinification" is a kind of...):

ferment; fermentation; fermenting; zymolysis; zymosis (a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol)

Derivation:

vinify (convert a juice into wine by fermentation)

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