CHAMPAGNE


Meaning of CHAMPAGNE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a champagne reception

Tickets include a champagne reception and buffet supper.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

pink

Jay's friends were very good on pink champagne .

Hers the first sip of pink champagne .

She stopped at an off-licence and recklessly bought pink champagne .

People drank all they could, and I washed my hair in pink champagne .

Why, this woman should have bathed in pink champagne .

Dionne brought pink champagne and a new Nina Simone album.

■ NOUN

bottle

They took turns with a champagne bottle .

Leyland, 52, later circled the clubhouse, clutching a champagne bottle and hugging players.

And then the champagne bottle , still stupidly held, still half full, slipped and fell.

She had been bludgeoned to death with a champagne bottle by her husband David, 48, who then killed himself.

His colleagues broke open a champagne bottle inside the City Hall to celebrate.

No crass shaker of champagne bottles .

Duclos rattled the empty champagne bottle impatiently against the table-top as he picked them up.

Ladies of the night dancing on tables among the champagne bottles while watched lecherously by older, affluent-looking chaps.

cork

The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed.

Others barely notice the baskets of warm toast, the crisp bacon and popping champagne corks .

No sooner had the excitement died down in Coventry than champagne corks were popping at Courtaulds Fibres in Grimsby.

At the NoS offices the champagne corks had been popping.

The noises of men talking and laughing and the sound of champagne corks popping filter out into the corridor.

And the champagne corks were popping as Kirkby's latest housing co-operative celebrated its success.

Yet no one is popping champagne corks .

drinking

He spotted Amaranth Wilikins drinking champagne with Charles Harvey and a second man whose name he did not know.

With precious little to celebrate, and even less money with which to do it, many have stopped drinking champagne altogether.

glass

But headmistress Helen Williams won't be reaching for the champagne glasses or festive bunting.

And suddenly she felt as stiff and cold and fragile as the champagne glass that was clutched in her shaking hand.

Her long fingernails clacked against the rim of a champagne glass .

Emil told me to collect the champagne glasses , pour the water and put a pot of breadsticks on each table.

Figuratively or otherwise, they go rather well with the Schroeder hollow-stemmed champagne glasses .

The heroine collects champagne glasses , and recommends the drink as a diuretic.

Both the Manhattan and martini are served here in delicate vessels that are shaped like old-fashioned champagne glasses .

reception

Tickets to include champagne reception and buffet supper £57.50 from At Logiealmond Lodge, Perthshire.

And they looked happy and at ease as they moved inside to the enormous champagne reception Mel had arranged.

Gaynor Wynne was filming her with a camcorder during a champagne reception at the Imperial Hotel.

Stableford competition and a champagne reception and prize-giving.

■ VERB

bring

Dionne brought pink champagne and a new Nina Simone album.

buy

Asioz bought them champagne , and they filled his glass with sparkling wine and their own with apple juice from a carton.

Will you buy champagne if I cook dinner tonight?

drink

Sunil won't drink the champagne of course.

Mr Knospe laid the foundation stone and drank his share of champagne at a party in his honor.

They all drank champagne , and poured some on little Luke's head.

They had drunk champagne , then turned in for the night in their sleeping bags.

Charles and Clarissa made thankful noises, drank a little champagne , and metaphorically wiped their faces.

Most everyone drank free champagne or Manhattans.

They laughed, talked, and drank champagne: and the natural progression was to his bedroom.

Inside, mums and dads drank champagne while kids romped in a room full of slides, bouncy chairs and climbing frames.

open

Let's open the champagne and celebrate!

No-one knows how to open champagne nowadays, not even waiters.

Through a doorway to the right I saw two more soldiers opening a crate of champagne with their bayonets.

He opened a bottle of champagne and before she had a chance to realise what was happening they had been making love.

order

He'd ordered champagne for her.

Jane looked relieved, and Mel ordered champagne .

He orders a crate of champagne and armfuls of red roses to welcome her home.

Travis ordered champagne with their exquisitely cooked fish.

I've ordered champagne again - for half-time.

pop

No sooner had the excitement died down in Coventry than champagne corks were popping at Courtaulds Fibres in Grimsby.

At the NoS offices the champagne corks had been popping .

The noises of men talking and laughing and the sound of champagne corks popping filter out into the corridor.

And the champagne corks were popping as Kirkby's latest housing co-operative celebrated its success.

pour

She poured more champagne and noticed her hands were shaking.

They were greeted by a waiter pouring champagne .

Attractive junior members of the delegation will be on duty daily, to pour champagne for visitors and serve canapes.

The young man clucked, poured himself more champagne , and drank it.

He reaches for the ice bucket and starts pouring the champagne .

serve

If it's right for the meal, I would probably serve champagne all the way through.

This year dinner is served , avec la champagne , party favors, and all the extras.

Also in my job I learn to attractively set out different types of food and serve wine and champagne .

sip

He glanced up from his hardback and sipped his champagne .

She nodded and pushed the straw under her mask, sipping the champagne .

Ibn Fayoud sipped his champagne thoughtfully.

So she sipped champagne , and smiled, and ate, and all the while her fury against Naylor simmered away.

An infrequent drinker, he sipped his champagne .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

coffee/wine/champagne etc drinker

A table of coffee drinkers in a Colorado cafe.

Founded in 1900, Beaulieu Vineyard is trying to lure younger wine drinkers .

Good news for the champagne drinker ?

However, more wine drinkers are consuming Pinot Noir these days, and the biggest reason is sheer pleasure.

If you are a regular coffee drinker , the aroma of freshly brewed coffee really does set the taste buds tingling.

Keep the computer in a clean, vibration-free place away from smokers and coffee drinkers .

Such findings suggest that famous coffee drinkers such as Bach and Kant may have derived little help from their caffeine habits.

The increased healing rate in wine drinkers is consistent with other reports that moderate alcohol intake may be harmless or beneficial.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Aristos, being of course a complete media and fashion victim, had heard of it and ordered champagne .

But they should keep the champagne corked until they get more from the company.

Do not expect these wines to taste like champagne .

Halsey went over to the dresser, poured from an open bottle of champagne into three glasses, and handed them around.

He was probably lying under a table somewhere dozing the afternoon away after one champagne cocktail too many.

The champagne , the first sips of which had lifted her spirits, was after a glassful having the opposite effect.

There will be fireworks from 11: 45 p. m. until 12: 15 a. m., and champagne at midnight awaits.

We had a fireplace and refrigerator for our champagne .

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