vintage

Everyday

1. Vintage things are old but of good quality and valued, from an earlier time: vintage clothes, a vintage car. tree →
2. The vintage of a wine is the year or season when its grapes were picked, and the wine made from them. tree →
3. (informal) Vintage can mean typical of someone at their best: that joke was vintage Grandpa. tree →
4. Vintage can also mean the harvest time, when grapes are picked from the vines. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, vintage shops sell old clothes, toys and furniture; vintage car shows display old cars. In science and farming, the grape harvest is the vintage. Phrases: vintage clothes, vintage car, a good vintage, vintage style.

Examples

• Mum bought a vintage dress from the charity shop. tree →
• We saw vintage cars at the show. tree →
• Her vintage teddy bear is older than Grandma. tree →
• This wine is a very good vintage. tree →
• That silly dance was vintage Dad. tree →
• Vintage toys can be worth a lot of money. tree →
• A VINE was luxuriant in the time of vintage with leaves and grapes. tree →

Note

Vintage means old and valued, not just old; a broken old thing is not usually called vintage. Related: antique (very old, usually over a hundred years), retro (new but in an old style). Wine is for adults only.

In Jewish tradition

The vintage is the grape harvest. The prophets use its failure as a sign of punishment and loss, and the gleaning after it as a small but good thing. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, vintage shops sell old clothes, toys and furniture; vintage car shows display old cars. In science and farming, the grape harvest is the vintage. Phrases: vintage clothes, vintage car, a good vintage, vintage style.

Examples

• And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread until ye have enough, and dwell in your land safely. (Torah LEV.26.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? (Prophets JDG.8.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• After a year and days shall ye be troubled, ye confident women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come. (Prophets ISA.32.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink wine. (Prophets MIC.6.15, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Vintage means old and valued, not just old; a broken old thing is not usually called vintage. Related: antique (very old, usually over a hundred years), retro (new but in an old style). Wine is for adults only.