noun
vineyard
VIN-yerd/ˈvɪnjərd/
Land planted with grapevines, usually for making wine.
The vineyard covers the hillside in rows of heavy grapevines.
Etymology
Vine combines with yard in its older sense of an enclosure or garden. The compound names a cultivated space devoted to grapevines, rather than just any place where climbing plants grow.
In context
we planted this vineyard in 2006
More examples
- They harvested grapes from the vineyard.
- Several vineyards surround the village.
- She walked between the vineyard's rows.
Forms
vineyard · vineyards
Similar words
- orchard
- An orchard typically grows fruit trees rather than grapevines.
- winery
- A winery makes wine and need not include the grape-growing land.