[ bal'θazə ]
■ noun a very large wine bottle, equivalent in capacity to sixteen regular bottles.
Origin
1930s: from ~ , the name of the king of Babylon who ‘made a great feast … and drank wine before a thousand’ (Dan: 5:1).
[ bal'θazə ]
■ noun a very large wine bottle, equivalent in capacity to sixteen regular bottles.
Origin
1930s: from ~ , the name of the king of Babylon who ‘made a great feast … and drank wine before a thousand’ (Dan: 5:1).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004