Definition of amontillado

Reference

a·mon·til·la·do

(

-m

tl-ä

, ä-m

-ä

-) KEY

NOUN:
pl. a·mon·til·la·dos

A pale dry sherry.

ETYMOLOGY:
Spanish : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + Montilla a town of southern Spain

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