sherry

A strong wine originally made in southern Spain, often served before a meal.

• She likes dry sherry.
• Add a little sherry to the sauce.
• We opened a bottle of sherry before dinner.

Common phrases: dry sherry, sweet sherry, bottle of sherry, sherry wine

One particular type of this strong Spanish wine.

• This sherry is especially dry.
• The shop stocks several Spanish sherries.
• We compared three sherries from the same producer.

Common phrases: a dry sherry, different sherry varieties, a fine sherry

A glass of this strong Spanish wine.

• Would you like a sherry?
• We ordered two sherries at the bar.
• She finished her sherry before dinner arrived.

Common phrases: have a sherry, order a sherry, another sherry