vintage

Plural: vintages

Noun

The harvest of grapes for wine, or the wine produced from it.
a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
the oldness of wines
The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
The year or place in which something is produced.

Adj

Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
produced between the years of 1945 and 1970, during the post-war period.

Verb

To harvest (grapes).
To make (wine) from grapes.

Examples

That rare letter ’Q’ felt like a vintage find, boosting his Scrabble score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vindēmia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + emō (“take”).

Synonyms

time of origin

Scrabble Score: 11

vintage: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vintage: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vintage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

vintage: valid Words With Friends Word