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What is "full-bodied"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
full-bodied
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
full-bodied wine (=with a pleasantly strong taste)
▪ full-bodied red wines such as claret
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a full-bodied beer
▪ The beautiful color and full-bodied taste of these Australian wines make them an excellent accompaniment to meat dishes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All feature his full-bodied tone and deft improvisations.
▪ Fermentation takes about 48 hours and a stout, full-bodied, dark beer is discernable.
▪ His 1991 vintage is an excellent clean, dry and flinty wine with a full-bodied richness characteristic of his style.
▪ Open full-bodied reds about two hours in advance and lighter ones about an hour beforehand.
▪ Then there are our wines - unexpectedly oaky, full-bodied and marvellous.
▪ These are full-bodied, richly flavoured wines which, with the wines of Sacy, are the best of the Petite Montagne.
▪ Which of the following is a full-bodied red wine?
Wiktionary
full-bodied

a. Of a comestible, especially a beverage, having a rich flavor.

WordNet
full-bodied

adj. marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" [syn: rich, robust]

Usage examples of "full-bodied".

Chunder was a young, fat, full-bodied Bengali, dressed with scrupulous care in frock coat, tall hat, light trousers, and tan gloves.

Honor felt her own chuckles segueing into full-bodied laughter, and gave Bethany a quick squeeze and stepped back.

He grinned and flipped his cigarette and exhaled, watching the smoke float into the sun where it suddenly became full-bodied, visible in all its unending whirls.

But if you see the novel as an allegory, you might agree that they are not meant to represent full-bodied characters, but the alternative to the strict, bloodless theories and practices championed by Bounderby and Gradgrind.

The wine, a full-bodied Bardolino, sat on the kitchen table with an Asti Spumante chilling for desert.

Thamalon thought the Uskevren house wines would also sell briskly in the southparticularly the full-bodied Storm Rubyand had long sought an economical way to move bottles.

That, plus the generous pipefuls of rainbow grass and the attentions of his fragrantly-oiled, full-bodied bedmates almost made up for the gnawing desolation caused by the complete and utter lack of sake.

It was not full-bodied or frisky or fruity or smoky, but it went down as well as any wine could that came with a screw cap and cost less than five dollars a gallon.