vineyard
Meanings
Plural: vineyards
Noun
- a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
- A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.
Origin / Etymology
Equivalent to vine + yard; from Middle English vyneȝerd (circa 1300), following earlier Old English wīnġeard (“wine yard, vine yard”), with vine (from Old French vigne (“vine, vineyard”), from Latin vīnea) replacing native Old English wīn (“wine, vine”). The earlier wīnġeard may have had the sense of “vine” already, with /w/ → /v/ facilitated by common v-/w- interchange. Compare Dutch wijngaard (literally “wine garden”) and German Weingarten alongside contracted Wingert. (Dutch gaard, German Garten are cognate to English yard.)
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
vineyard is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordvineyard is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vineyard is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
vineyard is a valid Words With Friends word