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jeroboam

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Also where can you get a jeroboam of Veuve Clicquot or Dom Perignon for $300 wholesale?

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Quick take

A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of jeroboam gathered in one view.

noun

A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.

noun

A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.

noun

First king of the Kingdom of Israel.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for jeroboam.

noun

A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.

noun

A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.

noun

First king of the Kingdom of Israel.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle. [First king of the Kingdom of Israel.]

Example sentences

1

Also where can you get a jeroboam of Veuve Clicquot or Dom Perignon for $300 wholesale?

2

Buy a jeroboam of champagne wholesale for $300, sell in night club for $30,000 or more.

3

I think at Marquee (NYC) you can get something larger than a jeroboam of Veuve for $30K.

4

There are larger wine bottles: magnum, double magnum, jeroboam,...

5

I did wonder how all of the writer's friends are well read enough to know Dahl's short stories, but uncultured or at least dry enough not to recognize what goes in a jeroboam.

6

Once you stare at the first factor, then look at the second factor, then go back and forth, you come to your senses and realize that the dream of a jeroboam of colorless, tasteless water next to a little pile of fine powder is just not going to happen, and that the more sensible thing is to release some extra briny water back to your source and hope it doesn't kill too many fish.

Quote examples

1

It calls it a "Double Magnum", but others online call it a Jeroboam, which I think is technically correct for a 3L bottle of sparkling wine.

Proper noun examples

1

Jeroboam and methuselah bottles of champagne are easily 200-400% more expensive than the equivalent amount of alcohol packaged in normal-sized bottles.

2

If it were any good it would look a lot like King Jeroboam.

3

I really wanted this to be about a seal that was trained to do an impression of King Jeroboam.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use jeroboam in a sentence?

Also where can you get a jeroboam of Veuve Clicquot or Dom Perignon for $300 wholesale?

What does jeroboam mean?

A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.

What part of speech is jeroboam?

jeroboam is commonly used as noun.