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VINIFICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vinification mean?
• VINIFICATION (noun)
The noun VINIFICATION has 1 sense:
1. the process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine
Familiarity information: VINIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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