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Definition of "claret" [clar•et]

  • A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. (noun)
  • A similar wine made elsewhere. (noun)
  • A dark or grayish purplish red to dark purplish pink. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "claret" in a sentence
  • "A "grandfather" provision allows wineries already using the term claret to continue to do so, but it must now conform to "the trade understanding of such class and type.""
  • "He will be fetching old claret from the cellar in no time!"
  • "They will drink their wretched heartless stuff, such as they call claret, or wine of Medoc, or Bordeaux, or what not, with no more meaning than sour rennet, stirred with the pulp from the cider press, and strained through the cap of our Betty."