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WYNGL-ahs/ˈwaɪn ɡlɑːs/

A wine glass (id: wine-glass) is a glass with a stem, used for drinking wine. A tumbler has no stem; a pint glass is for beer. Licensed dinners: a wine glass is staff-poured; pupils do not fetch bottles.

Meaning

A glass with a stem, used for drinking wine.

Examples

• “A wine glass at the licensed sixth-form dinner is staff-poured; pupils do not fetch bottles.”
• “Wine glasses in food tech are for a tasting diagram, not for alcohol; juice still goes in a tumbler unless the recipe says otherwise.”

Good to know

a wine glass. Contrast: a tumbler / a pint glass. Licensed events / food tech. Countable glasses. Mix-up: glasses can also mean spectacles; a wine glass is the drinking glass.

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