Lees

Word LEES
Character 4
Hyphenation lees
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Lees"

What do we mean by lees?

Sediment settling during fermentation, especially in wine; dregs. noun plural

Plural See lee. noun

A Middle English form of leash. noun

See lease. noun

Dregs. See 2d lee. noun plural

A leash. noun

The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit. noun

Plural form of lee. noun

The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage noun

The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lees

The word "lees" in example sentences

Before dinner, we heard a powerful lecture on the environment by r. martin lees, and then not long after we ate, it was announced there was a singer in the room. ❋ Jimmy Demers (2010)

This they either lick up or drink mixed with milk, and from its lees, that is the solid part, they make cakes and use them for food; for they have not many cattle, since the pastures there are by no means good. ❋ Herodotus (2003)

Grape juice, when first expressed from its ruddy chalice, is impure and thick; it is left in vessels for a time till fermentation has done its work, and a thick sediment, called lees, has been precipitated to the bottom. ❋ TERRY RUSH (1995)

He wrote that the animals were being fed waste by-products from a winery, known as lees, as ❋ Unknown (2010)

The effect of wealthy undisturbed ease ( "lees") on the ungodly is hardening: they become stupidly secure (compare Ps 55: 19; Am 6: 1). ❋ Unknown (1871)

The “passengers” were two strains of bacteria: lactic acid bacteria used in ordinary yogurt and a unique strain of Lactobacillus paracasei cultured from pickles preserved in the dregs of sake called sake lees, which is thought to enhance the body’s immunity to disease. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It was applied to "lees" from the custom of allowing wine to stand on the lees that it might thereby be better preserved (Isa. ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

A prophecy in Jeremiah compares them to an old bottle of wine which has aged without being disturbed, its "lees" have been allowed to settle at the bottom ( ❋ Unknown (2009)

Econ: the price will rise bringing on more supply and lees use. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was not port-like but, then-winemaker David Bennion left it on the lees for extended periods. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She sent kindergarten vids. pointing out periwinkle-leafed stunted trees (vot!), water (lees) and ice cream truck. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Again, good acidity with a bit more roundness, perhaps from two months on the lees, perhaps from a dollop of the treixadura grape that is blended in, or perhaps from the 30-50 year-old vines themselves. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Pahlmeyer web site notes that the 2007 sat on lees for 9-10 months and was stirred weekly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think they want the Dems to obstruct the nomination and will wait until that time to throw themselves upon the cheesy-puff dust covered mosaic and wailing like cholic stricken baybehs about agendas and whatnot other silliness that lees in their curdled minds. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hopefully this "full court pressure" will include calling out players who are being lees than honest with their criticisms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some of the viticulture and winemaking techniques required; which are both time consuming and meticulous, are intimate knowledge of the vineyard by spending time with the vines and the grower throughout the seasons, hand-sorting, lees management, barrel and hand-punched down open-top fermentation using indigenous yeast, and unhurried, often delayed fermentations that don't allow for early sulfur additions. ❋ Brad Haskel (2011)

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