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Look up: jeroboam

  1. jeroboam
    [n] - (Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC) 2. [n] - a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Jeroboam
    An enormous bottle holding 4.5 litres in Bordeaux (that's the equivalent to six normal bottles) or 3 litres in Champagne (four bottles' worth). Either way, you'll probably need to invite some friends round to help you drink it!
    Found on http://www.surf4wine.co.uk/glossary.html

  3. Jeroboam
    A large bottle holding three litres, the equivalent of four regular wine bottles.
    Found on http://www.winedirect.co.uk/winecompanio

  4. Jeroboam
    (lived 10th century BC) First king of Israel (c. 922-901 BC) after it split away from the kingdom of Judah. ...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  5. jeroboam
    double-magnum noun a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Jeroboam
    `Jeroboam` (yarobh`am; Hieroboam in the Septuagint; commonly held to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying `the people contend,` or, `he pleads the people's cause` - alternatively translated to mean `his people are many` or `he increases the people`; or even `he that opposes the people`) He was the first king of the break-away ten tribes or Northern Kingdom of Israel, over whom he reigned twenty-two years. William F. Albright has da...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeroboam

  7. jeroboam
    a large wine bottle holding about 3 liters, 4 times the volume of a regular bottle. A jeroboam is sometimes called a double magnum.
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictJ.


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