CLARET

• CLARET (noun)
  The noun CLARET has 2 senses:

1. a dark purplish-red color
2. dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine

  Familiarity information: CLARET used as a noun is rare.

• CLARET (verb)
  The verb CLARET has 1 sense:

1. drink claret

  Familiarity information: CLARET used as a verb is very rare.

• CLARET (noun)

Meaning:

A dark purplish-red color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("claret" is a kind of...):

dark red (a red color that reflects little light)

Meaning:

Dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

red Bordeaux; claret

Hypernyms ("claret" is a kind of...):

red wine (wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes)

Bordeaux; Bordeaux wine (any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claret"):

Saint Emilion (full-bodied red wine from around the town of Saint Emilion in Bordeaux)

• CLARET (verb)

Meaning:

Drink claret

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context example:

They were clareting until well past midnight

Hypernyms (to "claret" is one way to...):

booze; drink; fuddle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s