"sherry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɛɹi/ Audio: en-us-sherry.ogg [US] Forms: sherries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɹi Etymology: Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Back-formation}} Back-formation, {{back-formation|en|sherris|notext=1}} sherris, {{der|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{m|es|Xeres||wine of Xeres}} Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), {{m|es|Jerez}} Jerez Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} sherry (usually uncountable, plural sherries)
  1. (uncountable) A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Distilled beverages, Wine Translations (fortified wine): شِيرِي (širī) (Arabic), خَمْرَة (ḵamra) [feminine] (Arabic), xerez [masculine] (Asturian), шери (šeri) [neuter] (Bulgarian), херес (heres) [masculine] (Bulgarian), xerès [masculine] (Catalan), 雪利酒 (syut³ lei⁶ zau²) (Chinese Cantonese), 雪利酒 (xuělì-jiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 雪莉酒 (xuělì jiǔ) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), šery (Czech), sherry (Czech), sherry (Finnish), xérès [masculine] (French), jerez [masculine] (French), xerez [masculine] (Galician), Sherry [masculine] (German), sherry [masculine] (Italian), xeres [masculine] (Italian), シェリー (sherī) (Japanese), シェリー酒 (sherī-shu) (Japanese), 셰리 (syeri) (Korean), 셰리 주 (syeri ju) (Korean), syeri (Malay), hēri (Maori), sherry [neuter] (Polish), xerez [masculine] (Portuguese), хе́рес (xéres) [masculine] (Russian), ше́рри (šérri) [masculine, sometimes] (Russian), šeri [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), jerez [masculine] (Spanish), heres (Tagalog), järid (Volapük), שערי (sheri) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-sherry-en-noun-Lv7e1d0F Disambiguation of Distilled beverages: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Wine: 94 3 3 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English back-formations: 91 5 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 1 1 Disambiguation of 'fortified wine': 100 0 0
  2. A variety of sherry. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (variety of sherry): šery (Czech), sherry (Czech), sherry (Finnish), xérès [masculine] (French), jerez [masculine] (French), sherry [masculine] (Italian), syeri (Malay), хе́рес (xéres) [masculine] (Russian), šeri [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), jerez [masculine] (Spanish), järid (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-sherry-en-noun-T4u2~Bgq Disambiguation of 'variety of sherry': 0 92 8
  3. A glass of sherry. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (glass of sherry): šery (Czech), sherry (Czech), sherrylasi (Finnish), xérès [masculine] (French), verre m de xérès (French), verre de jerez (French), bicchiere m di sherry (Italian), syeri (Malay), vaso m de jerez (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sherry-en-noun-J5j94-Xk Disambiguation of 'glass of sherry': 0 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cooking sherry, natural sherry, sherried [adjective], sherrylike, sherry vinegar, washing sherry Related terms: amontillado Coordinate_terms: Madeira, madeira, Marsala, marsala, Porto, port, porto

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        },
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            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 8",
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        {
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        }
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      ],
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        "uncountable",
        "usually"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93",
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          "word": "šery"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "glass of sherry",
          "word": "sherry"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 7 93",
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          "sense": "glass of sherry",
          "word": "sherrylasi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 7 93",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "glass of sherry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xérès"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "glass of sherry",
          "word": "verre m de xérès"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 93",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "glass of sherry",
          "word": "verre de jerez"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 7 93",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "bicchiere m di sherry"
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          "word": "syeri"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 7 93",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "glass of sherry",
          "word": "vaso m de jerez"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛɹi/"
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    },
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      "audio": "en-us-sherry.ogg",
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        "US"
      ],
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    }
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    "Andalusian Spanish",
    "sherry"
  ],
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}
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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
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    "English terms derived from toponyms",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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    },
    {
      "word": "madeira"
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    {
      "word": "marsala"
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    {
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      "word": "natural sherry"
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        }
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    },
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          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "sherry",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "sherry",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: sherry",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sherry",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: sherry",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: sherry"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "シェリー",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "sherī"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: シェリー (sherī)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: シェリー (sherī)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "sherry",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: sherry",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: sherry"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "šeri",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: šeri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: šeri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "шери",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: шери",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Cyrillic script: шери"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "שערי",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: שערי (sheri)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: שערי (sheri)"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Back-formation"
      },
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      "name": "glossary"
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        "2": "sherris",
        "notext": "1"
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    {
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        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "",
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    },
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        "plural"
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      "word": "amontillado"
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        "English uncountable nouns"
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          "ref": "1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind",
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        }
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          "fortified wine"
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          "Spain",
          "Spain"
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        "uncountable",
        "usually"
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        {
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        }
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        "A variety of sherry."
      ],
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        "uncountable",
        "usually"
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Would you like a sherry?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A glass of sherry."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛɹi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-sherry.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/En-us-sherry.ogg/En-us-sherry.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/En-us-sherry.ogg",
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        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "širī",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "شِيرِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵamra",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خَمْرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šeri",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "шери"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "heres",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "херес"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerès"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "syut³ lei⁶ zau²",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "雪利酒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuělì-jiǔ",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "雪利酒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuělì jiǔ",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "雪莉酒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "šery"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "sherry"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "sherry"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xérès"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sherry"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sherry"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xeres"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sherī",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "シェリー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sherī-shu",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "シェリー酒"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "syeri",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "셰리"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "syeri ju",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "셰리 주"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "syeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "hēri"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sherry"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xéres",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хе́рес"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šérri",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "word": "ше́рри"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "heres"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "word": "järid"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "sheri",
      "sense": "fortified wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שערי"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "word": "šery"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "word": "sherry"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "word": "sherry"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xérès"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sherry"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "word": "syeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xéres",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хе́рес"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "variety of sherry",
      "word": "järid"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "glass of sherry",
      "word": "šery"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "glass of sherry",
      "word": "sherry"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "glass of sherry",
      "word": "sherrylasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "glass of sherry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xérès"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "glass of sherry",
      "word": "verre m de xérès"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "glass of sherry",
      "word": "verre de jerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "glass of sherry",
      "word": "bicchiere m di sherry"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "glass of sherry",
      "word": "syeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "glass of sherry",
      "word": "vaso m de jerez"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Andalusian Spanish",
    "sherry"
  ],
  "word": "sherry"
}

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