grapegrape /ɡreɪp/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 
one of a number of small round green or purple fruits that grow together on a vine. Grapes are often used for making wine: 
a bunch of grapes grape juice red seedless grapes → sour grapes at sour1(5)THESAURUSgrape one of a number of small round green or purple fruits that grow together on a vine. Grapes are often used for making wine: · I've brought you a bunch of grapes.· Different grape varieties produce wines of widely different character.vine (also grapevine) a plant that produces grapes: · There are 2,000 acres of vines in England, compared with 2.6 million in France.· He left the grapes on the vine as long as possible — sometimes even late into October.vineyard a piece of land where grapevines are grown in order to produce wine: · The wine is from one of Germany's most famous vineyards.
WORD ORIGINgrape
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French crape, grape ‘hook, bunch of grapes’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a bunch of grapes
- He stood at the window eating grapes from a paper bag torn open down the side.
- Higher up, position a ring of grape hyacinth bulbs.
- Slowly add the grape juice to the bowl and whisk.
- The merlot grape dominates this medium-to full-bodied wine.
- This allows the complexities of the grape to shine through, a quality inherent in all great wines.
- This is not the case with sugar, honey, grape must, cloves and other spices which increase its merit.
- Try Concord grapes for their jagged leaves.
THESAURUS
one of a number of small round green or purple fruits that grow together on a vine. Grapes are often used for making wine: · I've brought you a bunch of grapes.· Different grape varieties produce wines of widely different character.
(also grapevine) a plant that produces grapes: · There are 2,000 acres of vines in England, compared with 2.6 million in France.· He left the grapes on the vine as long as possible — sometimes even late into October.
a piece of land where grapevines are grown in order to produce wine: · The wine is from one of Germany's most famous vineyards.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a bunch of grapesCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bunch of grapes· She served the cheese with a bunch of black grapes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Halve and seen three black grapes.
· It may sound like sour grapes but I assure you I feel no bitterness merely disappointed.· Sounds like sour grapes to me.· Are these just bad vibes and sour grapes or is hip hop just too naughty by nature for the mainstream?· Already one began to hear the nickname Suicide Langford; but that was either sour grapes or silly sensationalism.· There is certainly no defensiveness nor any sour grapes from me or any of the Editing for Industry committee.· Envy and sour grapes had their customary party.· This was sour grapes, a far-off voice of wisdom suggested.· Criticisms from ex-players, in my opinion, are nothing but sour grapes.
· Classification of Coligny's white grapes jumped from 85% to 90% in 1985, assuming premier cru status.· The white wine grapes of the Rhone can be equally intriguing and also have received the Rhone Rangers' attention.· Sultanas are dried white seedless grapes and have a sweeter flavour than either currants or raisins.· They are the traditional white grapes of Hermitage, though some growers have sworn off the notoriously fickle roussanne.
NOUN· It was estimated that 20 percent of the grape harvest had been lost.· Despite an 11 percent increase in the 1995 California grape harvest, wine prices for consumers will still go up.· We have seasons that seem to revolve round the grape harvest.· But after three relatively small grape harvests in a row coupled with continuing strong consumer demand, grape prices continue to increase.· August brought the grape harvest, centered in Fresno.
· Slowly add the grape juice to the bowl and whisk.· Have each student dip a cotton swab in purple grape juice and rub it over the paper.· Felicia slides her glass forward and he refills it with grape juice.· It has about one sip of grape juice remaining at the bottom.
· Which of the following grape varieties is the odd one out? 4.· At that time, grape varieties weren't exactly classified, but Chardonnay, for instance, could have been among them.· Chardonnay is an amazingly versatile grape variety.· Müller-Thurgau is the grape variety, an early ripening and highly flavoured variety, much favoured along the Upper Rhine.· Each month we will take you through the major wine-producing areas of the world, highlighting the leading grape varieties.· What is unique about champagne is the particular combination of soil and grape varieties.· Even efforts with their best grape varieties seemed to produce wines that could never shake off a legacy of bitterness.
VERB· We even grew grapes on the side of our houses.· Her daddy was a nurseryman and grew tomatoes and grapes and hothouse plants and flowers in his glasshouses.
· Why do we generally make wine from grapes rather than any other fruit?· A typical example is Chteau de Valandraud, made from grapes grown on a tiny patch of vineyard in St-Emilion.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► tread grapes
- Brown said his rival's comments were just sour grapes.
- Whatever I say about my ex-wife will probably sound like sour grapes.
- Already one began to hear the nickname Suicide Langford; but that was either sour grapes or silly sensationalism.
- Are these just bad vibes and sour grapes or is hip hop just too naughty by nature for the mainstream?
- Criticisms from ex-players, in my opinion, are nothing but sour grapes.
- Envy and sour grapes had their customary party.
- It may sound like sour grapes but I assure you I feel no bitterness merely disappointed.
- Sounds like sour grapes to me.
- There is certainly no defensiveness nor any sour grapes from me or any of the Editing for Industry committee.
- This was sour grapes, a far-off voice of wisdom suggested.
one of a number of small round green or purple fruits that grow together on a vine. Grapes are often used for making wine: a bunch of grapes grape juice red seedless grapes → sour grapes at sour1(5)THESAURUSgrape one of a number of small round green or purple fruits that grow together on a vine. Grapes are often used for making wine: · I've brought you a bunch of grapes.· Different grape varieties produce wines of widely different character.vine (also grapevine) a plant that produces grapes: · There are 2,000 acres of vines in England, compared with 2.6 million in France.· He left the grapes on the vine as long as possible — sometimes even late into October.vineyard a piece of land where grapevines are grown in order to produce wine: · The wine is from one of Germany's most famous vineyards.