Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various fragrant white, red, or black grapes, used for making wine or raisins.
- noun Muscatel wine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A grape having a strong odor or flavor as of musk.
- noun Wine made from muscat-grapes, or of similar character to that so made, usually strong and more or less sweet. Also called
muscadel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes, differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat musky flavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape of a pale amber color.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A white
grape variety; used as table grapes and for makingraisins and sweetwine . - noun The
muscatel wine made from these grapes. - noun The vine bearing this fruit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes
- noun wine from muscat grapes
- noun a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman
- noun sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For it is well known that the other spices, as cinnamon, cloves, and the nutmeg, which we call muscat, and its covering
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[mace], which we call muscat-flower, are brought to their Indian possessions from distant islands hitherto only known by name, in ships held together not by iron fastenings, but merely by palm-leaves, and having round sails also woven out of palm-fibres.
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Muscatel is made from muscat grapes, is sometimes called muscat, and, being relatively cheap and sweet and high in alcohol content, is the booze of choice for a great many wines.
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I am from Chennai presently living in muscat. happen to see your blog one day when i was searching for some redipes in google. from that day, i became an ardent fan for ur recipes. i love all the recipes and i am trying to do everything.
Mishra Dal Dosa N Eureka Chutney Anjali 2008
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On the other hand, I reasoned, if there were, in fact, some sort of cat called a muscat, perhaps it wasn't so outrageous.
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Sangiovese in Tuscany Italy sad for Sauvignon blanc, merlot, muscat, etc. I tend to agree with this.
Chenin Blanc vs. Sauvignon Blanc - a battle royale? [poll] | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Low in alcohol at around 5% abv, it's a crisp, light and fresh fruit salad of pink grapefruit and muscat grapes.
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Collins will plant 22 acres of vines this spring, primarily nebbiolo, malbec, petit verdot, merlot, cabernet franc, syrah and barbera among the reds, and vidal, muscat, viognier and sauvignon blanc for whites.
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It was paired with 2008 Elk Cover Ultima, which is a dessert wine of riesling, gewurztraminer and muscat grapes, which are frozen before they're pressed, so it's not a true ice wine, but gets a similar result.
Meg Hemphill: Taking Farm-to-Table From Trend to Reality Meg Hemphill 2011
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It was paired with 2008 Elk Cover Ultima, which is a dessert wine of riesling, gewurztraminer and muscat grapes, which are frozen before they're pressed, so it's not a true ice wine, but gets a similar result.
Meg Hemphill: Taking Farm-to-Table From Trend to Reality Meg Hemphill 2011
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