champagne

1. (countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.Examples: "We suppose that this author has done his best to be satirical; and he may have thought that his subject would have inspired him with all that was smart and piquant: but the plain truth is that the promised champagne turns out to be vapid small beer."; ""[…] That stuff on the table may be a vehicle for filberts and walnuts, but not for such communications as yours. —Bring me champaigne," he said to the attendant who answered on his summons. The domestic returned, and brought a flask of champaigne, with two large silver cups."; "[T]he women will wear cashmeres, and then men will drink champagne."countableuncountable

2. (countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.Examples: "I’ve been saving an excellent Brazilian champagne for a special occasion."; "Of the Reims mountain wines, those of Verzi, Verzenay, Mailli, Bouzy, and St. Basle, are most esteemed; but the Clos St. Thierry furnishes perhaps the finest red Champagne. The name Jolly champagne, under which, at present, a large quantity of the best champagne is sold in the U[nited] States, does not originate from a place in Champagne, but from an owner of extensive vineyards in that province, who exports much champagne to the U. States."; "Great Western Champagne […] Produced by the old French slow method of fermentation in the bottle taking from six to seven years of time. Great Western is the Only American Champagne ever awarded a Gold Medal at Foreign Expositions. […] Oldest and largest producers of Champagne in America."countableinformaluncountable

3. (countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling white wine.countableinformaluncountable

4. (countable) A glass of champagne.Examples: ""I'm not scared of needles, but I certainly don’t like them," she says. "I had a champagne en route to the clinic – maybe two – which I'd probably not recommended, but whatever works, right?[…]""countable

5. (countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.Examples: "Suede Leather Hat, in gray, champagne, rose or blue, flower-trimmed."countable

6. (heraldry) (An ordinary occupying) the base of the shield, either flat-topped (like the chief at the top of the shield) or curved (as in a mount or trimount).Examples: "Alternative forms: champaine, champain"; "Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG)."; "[…] on a champagne in base gules a wyvern, wings expanded or (for Vandalia); on the centre of the cross a quartered shield:[…]"countableuncountable