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# sherry

«sherry» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong wine from Spain, often drunk in a small glass…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sherry, sherries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sherry is a strong wine from Spain, often drunk in a small glass, sometimes used in cooking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherry/#m1)

2) A sherry is a glass of sherry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherry/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, adults may drink sherry at Christmas or use it in trifle. It is alcohol and only for adults. Phrases: «a glass of sherry», «sweet sherry», «dry sherry».

### examples

- Gran likes a small sherry at Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherry/#x1)
- The trifle has a little sherry in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherry/#x2)
- Sherry comes from the south of Spain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherry/#x3)
- Dad poured a sherry for his friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherry/#x4)
- Sherry is alcohol, so it is not for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherry/#x5)

### note

Uncountable for the drink; countable for a glass (a sherry). Alcohol: adults only.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sherry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.