Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A greenhouse, especially for growing grapevines.
  • noun A vineyard.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A vineyard.
  • noun A greenhouse for the cultivation of grapes.
  • noun Vines collectively.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A vineyard.
  • noun A structure, usually inclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun vineyard
  • noun obsolete A structure, usually enclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced

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Examples

  • In other cases the centre of the vinery is planted with peach and nectarine trees for early forcing, the branches of the trees being trained over a curved trellis, and other peach and nectarine trees or vines, planted in the house, being trained against a trellis at the back.

    The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845

  • A vinery is a common hothouse or bark stove, heated with hot-water pipes or flues, and with a pit in the centre, which is generally filled with tan for pines.

    The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845

  • Our beat-up Citroën is a welcome distraction for the traffic-stalled touristsin the lanes beside us; they have hours to go before reaching the sea, the color of whichmimicsthe hue of dusty blue coating our car (evidence of organic farming here at the vinery, where our family car doubles as a tractor-delivery vehicle ... door dents and all).

    decalage horaire - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Our beat-up Citroën is a welcome distraction for the traffic-stalled touristsin the lanes beside us; they have hours to go before reaching the sea, the color of whichmimicsthe hue of dusty blue coating our car (evidence of organic farming here at the vinery, where our family car doubles as a tractor-delivery vehicle ... door dents and all).

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Our beat-up Citroën is a welcome distraction for the traffic-stalled touristsin the lanes beside us; they have hours to go before reaching the sea, the color of whichmimicsthe hue of dusty blue coating our car (evidence of organic farming here at the vinery, where our family car doubles as a tractor-delivery vehicle ... door dents and all).

    Voyager 2010

  • Our beat-up Citroën is a welcome distraction for the traffic-stalled touristsin the lanes beside us; they have hours to go before reaching the sea, the color of whichmimicsthe hue of dusty blue coating our car evidence of organic farming here at the vinery, where our family car doubles as a tractor-delivery vehicle... door dents and all.

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Our beat-up Citroën is a welcome distraction for the traffic-stalled touristsin the lanes beside us; they have hours to go before reaching the sea, the color of whichmimicsthe hue of dusty blue coating our car evidence of organic farming here at the vinery, where our family car doubles as a tractor-delivery vehicle... door dents and all.

    decalage horaire - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Outside you can explore the woodland garden, with its restored vinery and rare plantings, stretching down the hill towards the Dart estuary. 01803 842382, nationaltrust. org.uk/greenway.

    Hotel review | Fingals, Devon 2010

  • Our beat-up Citroën is a welcome distraction for the traffic-stalled touristsin the lanes beside us; they have hours to go before reaching the sea, the color of whichmimicsthe hue of dusty blue coating our car evidence of organic farming here at the vinery, where our family car doubles as a tractor-delivery vehicle... door dents and all.

    Voyager 2010

  • And what you don't know about the man with the Mario Vine is that the Mario Vine is one of the most elusive and therefore sought-after pieces of vinery in all of 2d-dom.

    With luck, the last WMAM as a not-doctoral candidate 2008

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