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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various sweet wines, such as muscat or Sauternes, served with or after dessert.
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- noun Any of many relatively
sweet wines, traditionally drunk at the end of a meal - noun
Grape wine with analcohol content of more than fourteen, but at most twenty-four, percent, by volume.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun still sweet wine often served with dessert or after a meal
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