cabernet sauvignon

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   superior Bordeaux type of red wine

   SynonymsCabernet

   Broaderred wine

Questions about cabernet sauvignon

What does cabernet sauvignon mean?

cabernet sauvignon means "superior Bordeaux type of red wine".

What is another word for cabernet sauvignon?

Close synonyms include Cabernet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cabernet sauvignon a common word?

cabernet sauvignon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.