Jeroboam definition

jĕrə-bōəm

A wine bottle holding⁴₅ of a gallon (3.03 liters).

noun

(bible, person, proper) The first king of Israel: 1 Kings 11:26-14:20

noun

(winemaking) A wine bottle, esp. one for champagne, holding about 3 liters, or about twice as much as a magnum.

noun

noun

First king of the Kingdom of Israel.

pronoun

A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.

noun

A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.

noun

Other Word Forms

Singular:

jeroboam

Plural:

jeroboams

So called (in reference to the bottle's size and the drunkenness caused by wine) after Jeroboam I (died c. 901 bc), king of northern Israel described in the Bible as “a mighty man of valor” (I Kings 11:28) “who made Israel to sin” (14:16)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition