vintage

/ˈvɪntɪdʒ/

/ˈvɪntɪdʒ/

Other forms: vintages

A vintage is the specific year that a wine was made. Different vintages are better than others.

This word is mainly associated with wine. Some wine drinkers can actually identify a wine’s vintage based on smell or taste. Also, this word can refer to things that are old, yet also kind of cool. An antique car is known as a vintage automobile. There are also vintage bikes and watches. Watch out for the word vintage though: sometimes it just means old or used, like a vintage clothing store.

Definitions of vintage

1. noun

   the oldness of wines
   synonyms: time of origin

   type of:

   oldness

   the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
2. noun

   a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
   type of:

   vino, wine

   fermented juice (of grapes especially)
3. noun

   the period or time when something was produced
   type of:

   period, period of time, time period

   an amount of time
4. adjective

   out of fashion
   synonyms: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee

   unfashionable, unstylish

   not in accord with or not following current fashion
5. adjective

   old but having enduring appeal or importance; classic