What does "vineyard" mean?

A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.

What is a synonym for "vineyard"?

Common synonyms include: alpine garden, arboretum, bed, bog garden, border, botanical garden.

Vineyard

//ˈvɪn.jɚd// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.
"The vineyard of Château Margaux stands as the producer of one of the world's greatest and most sought-after red wines."
2
a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A surname.
2
A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area and the Hawkesbury council area, New South Wales, Australia.
3
A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.

Synonyms

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alpine garden arboretum bed bog garden border botanical garden

Example

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"Creationists were in my prayers today when I saw a program about a German vineyard near Lake Constance. They said the soil was very rich, created by a volcano 15 million years ago."

Etymology

Equivalent to vine + yard; from Middle English vyneȝerd (circa 1300), following earlier Old English wīnġeard (“wine yard, vine yard”), with vine (from Old French vigne (“vine, vineyard”), from Latin vīnea) replacing native Old English wīn (“wine, vine”). The earlier wīnġeard may have had the sense of “vine” already, with /w/ → /v/ facilitated by common v-/w- interchange. Compare Dutch wijngaard (literally “wine garden”) and German Weingarten alongside contracted Wingert. (Dutch gaard, German Garten are cognate to English yard.)

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