RHENISH

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhenish mean? 

• RHENISH (noun)
  The noun RHENISH has 1 sense:

1. any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage)

  Familiarity information: RHENISH used as a noun is very rare.

• RHENISH (adjective)
  The adjective RHENISH has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it

  Familiarity information: RHENISH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHENISH (noun)

Meaning:

Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

hock; Rhenish; Rhine wine

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

white wine (pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

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

Riesling (fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California)

liebfraumilch (a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany))

• RHENISH (adjective)

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Rhenish wines tend to be sweet

Pertainym:

Rhine (a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea)