champagne

2 definitions found

champagne - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Champagne \Cham*pagne"\, n. [F. See Champaign.]
     A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the
     province of Champagne, in France.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of
           sparkling but of still wines; but in America the term
           is usually restricted to wines which effervesce.
           [1913 Webster]

champagne - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  champagne
      n 1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or
           resembling that produced there [syn: champagne, bubbly]
      2: a region of northeastern France [syn: Champagne,
         Champagne-Ardenne]