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amontillado definition

amon·til·lado (ə män′tə lä′dō)

noun

a pale, relatively dry sherry

Etymology: < Sp, after Montilla, town in Spain + -ado, -ate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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