Claret

/ˈklæɹɪt/ · noun

Meaning

(chiefly UK) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly UK) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
2. A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine; Bordeaux.
3. (UK, colloquial) Blood.
4. Of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.
5. (intransitive, archaic) To drink claret.

Example Sentences

The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini were mostly caged in comfortable quarters, discussing the merits of old port; and the merry student had closed his oak, to consecrate the night to friendship, sack, and claret.

CLARET JELLY SANDWICH: Soak one box of gelatine in one cup of cold water, then dissolve in one cup of boiling water, add one cup of sugar and strain. When cold, add the juice of half a lemon, and one cup of claret and set in a cool place. When ready for use, cover thin slices of lightly buttered white bread with the jelly, cover with another slice of buttered bread and cut in strips.

Honey smiled hugely, so that Alex was shown every one of her claret gums.

Time being called, Johnson rose from his second’s knee with the heart of a lion—the immense size and weight of his opponent seemed lost sight of—not a particle of fear belonged to him; and screwing his courage up to the sticking-place, boldly faced his man, putting all the excellence of his science into action, put in such a tremendous blow on the sensitive plant of Perrins—otherwise his sneezer, or nose—whichever term you like best—that split it all the way down as if cut open with a carving-knife; the claret flowing in torrents; and the Giant floored!

I then gave him a dig on the head with my fist. He squared up, and pouted like an enraged chameleon, looking savagely at me. I gave him another dig, which sent him staggering. He squared again: I gave him another; till at last, as the claret was flowing, he sulked off, and said he would not serve me any more.

Blooded warrior Paul Ince, with his head bedecked in a bandage – if not quite possessing quite the amount of claret spilled by Terry Butcher in Stockholm in 1989 – enforcing order on a patch of green in Rome to help his country triumph in the face of adversity and clear a path to the World Cup finals of 1998.

You play as one of these Revenants, but there’s no feeding on human blood, as instead the most reliable source of claret comes from things called blood beads, which grow on plants.

He was rejuvenated within a week, thanks to a diet of fresh claret direct from the jugular, while the lawyer slept.

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• clarets
• more claret
• most claret
• clareting
• clareted

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