vineyard
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
a large field or farm where grapes are grown, especially for making wine.
a plantation of grapevines, specifically one established for viticulture and wine production.
Simple“We spent the afternoon walking through the vineyard and tasting different types of grapes.”
In context“The family-owned vineyard spans fifty acres of rolling hills, benefiting from a microclimate that is ideal for growing high-quality Pinot Noir grapes.”
UsageOften used in the context of tourism or agriculture.
Synonymswinerygrape farm
“A grape picker gets to work at the Trois Terres vineyard in Octon, southern France earlier this month.”
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.)
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.