Amontillado Definition

ə-mŏntl-ädō, ä-mōntē-ä-
amontillados
noun
A pale dry sherry.
American Heritage
A pale, relatively dry sherry.
Webster's New World

A type of Spanish wine; a pale, dry sherry.

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Other Word Forms of Amontillado

Noun

Singular:
amontillado
Plural:
amontillados

Origin of Amontillado

  • Spanish a- to (from Latin ad- ad–) Montilla , a town of southern Spain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Amontillado Sentence Examples

  • After five to eight years it may become an amontillado, and if it is left in cask and allowed to develop, it will, after it attains an age of nine to fourteen years, become an oloroso, and still later it may become a secco.

  • We packed his flat, drank amontillado, used his loo, went.

  • There are two main types of sherry known in the United Kingdom, namely, those of the amontillado and those of the manzanilla classes.

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