plural sherries
: a Spanish fortified wine with a distinctive nutty flavor
also
: a similar wine produced elsewhere
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Onions, sherry, and crabmeat combine their subtly sweet flavors in rich cream.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
All Redbreast is aged in a combination of ex-bourbon and sherry-seasoned oak, albeit in different proportions.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2026
Balance the delicate oyster flavor with a dash of nutmeg and sherry.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2026
Choose from spicy sriracha buffalo, tangy maple-mustard, or sweet-and-sour orange sauce made with sherry vinegar and brown sugar.
—Martha Stewart, 22 Jan. 2026
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
All Redbreast is aged in a combination of ex-bourbon and sherry-seasoned oak, albeit in different proportions.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2026
Balance the delicate oyster flavor with a dash of nutmeg and sherry.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2026
Choose from spicy sriracha buffalo, tangy maple-mustard, or sweet-and-sour orange sauce made with sherry vinegar and brown sugar.
—Martha Stewart, 22 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sherry
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“Sherry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sherry. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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Etymology
named for Xeres (now spelled Jerez), a city in Spain where the wine was originally made
Word Origin
It is common to name wines after the part of a country where they are made. The wine called sherry today was first made in a town originally called, in Spanish, Xeres. The English approximation of the Spanish pronunciation was \ˈsher-ēz\, spelled sherris. After a time, people thought that sherris was a plural and so made a singular form, sherry, by cutting off the supposed plural ending. The \sh\ sound symbolized by x in Spanish (later by j) changed to a \ḵ\ or \h\, so that the modern Spanish pronunciation of Jerez is even less like English sherry.
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