Definitions for claret

claret clar·et

Spelling: [klar-it]
IPA: /ˈklær ɪt/

Claret is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in claret (acelrt).

Definitions for claret

noun

  1. the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
  2. a similar wine made elsewhere.
  3. Also called claret red. a deep purplish red.
  4. Slang. blood.

adjective

  1. deep purplish-red.

Origin of claret

1350-1400; Middle English Anglo-French, Middle French claret, cleret, alteration, by suffix substitution, of Old French claré wine mixed with honey and herbs or spices Medieval Latin clarātum

Examples for claret

And if they're thirsty, isn't there claret punch in a milk can?

I know what I'd like—a glass of claret, and I don't see why I shouldn't have it, either.

Restrict yourself to a pint of claret, and that of the lightest, for the future.

Mrs. Buller cooked a braised saddle of veal and delicious it was too served with a rich gravy flavored with claret.

claret for youth, say I, sack for maturity, and strong waters in old age.

claret for boys, port for men, and brandy for heroes, according to Dr. Johnson, and Hitch went for the heroic.

Dissolve half a pound of loaf-sugar in half a pint of claret.

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

She picked at her food delicately, and Payne suggested some claret.

Why, at that fellow's house he gives you that claret wine as warm as soup.

Word Value for claret
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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