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Nebuchadnezzar

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Noun

1. nebuchadnezzar, nebuchadnezzar ii, nebuchadrezzar, nebuchadrezzar ii

(Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)

2. nebuchadnezzar

a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nebuchadnezzar

see synonyms of nebuchadnezzar
noun
a wine bottle, used esp for display, holding the equivalent of twenty normal bottles (approximately 520 ounces)
noun
Old Testament
a king of Babylon, 605–562 bc, who conquered and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Jews to Babylon (II Kings 24–25)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Nebuchadnezzar

see synonyms of nebuchadnezzar
died 562 b.c.; king of Babylonia (605?-562), who conquered Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple, & deported many Jews into Babylonia (586 b.c.): see 2 Kings 24; Dan. 1-4
: also ˈNebuchadˈrezzar (ˌnɛbjəkədˈrɛzər ; nebˌyəkədrezˈər; ˌnɛbəkədˈrɛzər ; nebˌəkədrezˈər)
noun
[sometimes N-]; Winemaking
the largest type of wine bottle, esp. one for champagne, holding about 15 liters

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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