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vinification
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vinification has 1 sense
- vinification(n = noun.process) - the process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine; is a kind of ferment, fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis
Derived form verb vinify1
CIDE DICTIONARY
vinification, n. [L. vinum wine + E. -fication.].
The conversion of a fruit juice or other saccharine solution into alcohol by fermentation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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