vintage

USVIN-tij/ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/

Noun pluralvintages

Verbvintages, vintaging, vintaged

12 meanings of vintage

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1
adjective
Classic, or old enough to look out of date but not old enough to count as an antique.
My uncle collects vintage video games from the 1990s.
She found a vintage digital watch from the 1980s at a yard sale.
Similarclassic, old, retro
Oppositemodern, new
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2
nouncountable
Wine, often very good wine, that is named by the year and place it was made.
Dad saved a special vintage for my wedding.
The shop sells cheap wine and a few expensive vintages.
3
adjectivebefore a noun
Very good, and still liked after a long time.
The team played a vintage game and won by twenty points.
Her vintage songs still sound great on the radio.
Similarclassic
4
noununcountable
The year or place where something was made.
The car in the garage is of 1970s vintage.
Nobody knows the vintage of that old clock.
Similarage, date
5
nouncountable
All the grapes or wine that a grape farm or area makes in one season.
Heavy rain spoiled much of the vintage this year.
The little farm's whole vintage fit into a few barrels.
Similarharvest, crop
6
adjectivebefore a noun
Having to do with the wine of one year, or with wine named by its year.
We bought a bottle of vintage wine for Grandma's birthday.
The label shows the vintage year in small gold numbers.
7
adjectivebefore a noun
Of a car, made between 1919 and about 1930.
A vintage car from 1925 drove slowly past our house.
The museum has a long row of vintage cars with tall, thin wheels.
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8
nouncountable or uncountable
The picking of grapes and the first pressing of their juice to make wine.
The whole family helps with the vintage in the fall.
Workers sang as they carried baskets during the vintage.
Similarharvest
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9
verbtransitive
To pick grapes from the vines.
We vintage the grapes when they are sweet enough.
They vintaged all the grapes in two days.
Similarharvest, pick
10
verbtransitive
To turn grapes into wine.
My uncle vintages his own wine in the garage.
They vintage a sweet white wine every fall.

Less common meanings

11
adjective
Of clothes, made in the years from 1945 to 1970, after the war.
12
adjective
Of a watch, made in the years from 1870 to 1980.

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Origin

From an old French word, which came from the Latin word for gathering grapes, built from the Latin words for "wine" and "take away".