Meaning & use
vineyard
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Meaning
nouncountable
A piece of land where grapevines are grown, usually to make wine.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a vineyard, two vineyards, or vineyards in the plural.
Patterns
- a vineyard
- work in a vineyard
- plant a vineyard
The family owns a small vineyard in the south of France.
Every autumn, workers come to the vineyard to pick the grapes.
They bought the land and planted a vineyard on the hillside.
Word forms
| plural | vineyards |
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Common combinations
- wine vineyard
- The region is famous for its wine vineyards.
- vineyard owner
- The vineyard owner invited us to taste his new wine.
- work in a vineyard
- She spent the summer working in a vineyard in Italy.
- vineyard tour
- We booked a vineyard tour and learned how wine is made.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
Commonly confused: vineyard or orchard?
vineyard vs orchard
An orchard is for fruit trees like apples or cherries; a vineyard is specifically for grapevines.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'vineyard' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A vineyard is land for grapevines, so grapes and wine fit. Apples and oranges belong in an orchard, and parking a car there is not the usual meaning.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “vineyard”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.