Definitions for Bordeaux

Bordeaux Bor·deaux

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Bordeaux is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in Bordeaux (abdeorux).

Definitions for Bordeaux

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Gironde, in SW France, on the Garonne River.
  2. any of various wines produced in the region surrounding Bordeaux, especially claret.
  3. Bordeaux mixture.
  4. an estuary in SW France, formed by the junction of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. 45 miles (72 km) long.
  5. a department in SW France. 4141 sq. mi. (10,725 sq. km). Capital: Bordeaux.
  6. the Gironde, the party of the Girondists.

Examples for Bordeaux

The Parliament of Bordeaux compelled Rochefoucauld to surrender.

Ivory from Zanzibar, salt from Cadiz and wines from Bordeaux.

In 1982 he helped to persuade a rising superstar of Bordeaux, Christian Moueix, to make wine in Napa under the label of Dominus.

Neither Lyons, Bordeaux, Nantes, can compare with it for sumptuosity.

He lies buried in the family tomb of the Viparts at Bordeaux.

Claret, now synonymous with fine red Bordeaux, derives from the Latin word for “clear” and “pale-colored.”

Perhaps thanks to the surf and turf and the stellar Bordeaux and Sauvignon Blanc, there were no lost tempers.

Both produce some wines good enough to challenge the well-bred conceits of wine makers in Burgundy and Bordeaux.

Mondavi also realized the value of coaxing trophy names from Bordeaux into opening wineries in Napa.

Then she had choice wine, Burgundy and Bordeaux, besides liqueurs, in the cellar.

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