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Wine Vat Waste Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is LEES which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: LEES

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199%4Exact Match!
236%5Vat for aging wine or beer
336%7 French term for a large oak vat used for fermenting wine

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We think the answer is "LEES" which means:

    noun
  • • The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The wine had settled, leaving behind a layer of lees in the bottle."
  • • "After fermenting, the beer was racked, leaving the lees at the bottom of the barrel."

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New York Times29 Jun 2001 Across 23
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