Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sparkling wine made from a blend of grapes, produced primarily in and near Catalonia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A caval vein; one of the venæ cavæ. See
caval , n. - noun Plural of
cavum . - noun The Polynesian name of an intoxicating beverage prepared from the shrub Macropiper latifolium.
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- noun Plural form of
cavum . - noun Alternative capitalization of
Cava , a Spanish whitesparkling wine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One of these large receivers, called the _vena cava superior_, or _upper vena cava_, brings back the blood from the arms and head, the other, the _vena cava inferior_, or _lower vena cava_, brings back the blood from the body and lower limbs.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Catharine Esther Beecher 1839
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This is performed after a Glenn shunt, where the superior vena cava is attached to the pulmonary artery.
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[Footnote 2] An abscess or other tumour of the liver may, by pressing on the vena portae, cause serous effusion into the peritonaeal sac; or by pressure on the inferior vena cava, which is connected with the posterior thick border of the liver, may cause anasarca of the lower limbs.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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It must not be confused with the inferior cava, which is not found in the dog-fish, the [right] posterior cardinals representing the rabbit's azygos vein.
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You also get a case of cava, which is more pleasurable.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Anne Wareham 2011
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The subtly billed "sparkling" libations, made with the Spanish white wine known as cava, ground their bubbles in the harder stuff of a Hemingway character and are good enough to order twice - particularly the palate-puckering punch of tequila, grapefruit juice and rosemary.
Home/News Elana Schor 2010
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The subtly billed "sparkling" libations, made with the Spanish white wine known as cava, ground their bubbles in the harder stuff of a Hemingway character and are good enough to order twice - particularly the palate-puckering punch of tequila, grapefruit juice and rosemary.
Home/News 2010
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The subtly billed "sparkling" libations, made with the Spanish white wine known as cava, ground their bubbles in the harder stuff of a Hemingway character and are good enough to order twice - particularly the palate-puckering punch of tequila, grapefruit juice and rosemary.
Home/News Elana Schor 2010
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We also had prawns, baby squid with white beans (and the squid ink!), a few others and a few glasses of cava, which is their sparkiling white wine and quite yummy.
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We also had prawns, baby squid with white beans (and the squid ink!), a few others and a few glasses of cava, which is their sparkiling white wine and quite yummy.
frangarnes commented on the word cava
vino espumoso blanco o rosado, elaborado al estilo del que se fabrica en Champaña
October 22, 2007
sionnach commented on the word cava
de origen catalan, no? La marca mas conocida aqui en EEUU es Freixenet.
October 22, 2007
frangarnes commented on the word cava
Sí, es de origen catalán. Aquí la marca más conocida también es Freixenet y tras ella Codorníu. ¿Tomáis cava en los EE.UU.? // Si quieres saber más: Cava @ Wikipedia
October 22, 2007