vineyard

Noun

An area of land planted with grapevines for wine production.
a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.

Examples

The vineyard of Château Margaux stands as the producer of one of the world's greatest and most sought-after red wines.
The Words With Friends board, for her, was a vineyard ripe for harvesting high-scoring words.

Origin / Etymology

Equivalent to vine + yard; from Middle English vyneȝerd (circa 1300), following earlier Old English wīnġeard (“wine yard, vine yard”), with vine (from Old French vigne (“vine, vineyard”), from Latin vīnea) replacing native Old English wīn (“wine, vine”). The earlier wīnġeard may have had the sense of “vine” already, with /w/ → /v/ facilitated by common v-/w- interchange. Compare Dutch wijngaard (literally “wine garden”) and German Weingarten alongside contracted Wingert. (Dutch gaard, German Garten are cognate to English yard.)

Synonyms

vinery

Scrabble Score: 15

vineyard: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vineyard: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vineyard: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

vineyard: valid Words With Friends Word