sherry

Etymology

From Middle English sherris (interpreted as plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former name of Jerez.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛri

Noun

sherry (usually uncountable, plural sherries)

1. (uncountable) A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind‎:

     He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.

2. A variety of sherry.

   They produce several quality sherries.

3. A glass of sherry.

   Would you like a sherry?

Noun

sherry n

1. sherry (fortified wine)
2. sherry (variety of sherry)
3. sherry (glass of sherry)

Noun

sherry m (invariable)

1. sherry