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winepress

British  
/ ˈwaɪnˌprɛs /

noun

  1. any equipment used for squeezing the juice from grapes in order to make wine

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In addition to the winepress, archaeologists also discovered stone quarries with rock-cut depressions for cultivating grapevines.

From Fox News • Feb. 28, 2019

“The location of the winepress is near the top of Tel Zur Natan, where remains of a Samaritan synagogue were found with another inscription, and reveals Adios' high status.”

From Fox News • Feb. 28, 2019

“This is only the second such winepress discovered in Israel with a blessing inscription associated with the Samaritans.”

From Fox News • Feb. 28, 2019

The great room is dominated by a six-foot-long stone fireplace capped by a mantel made from the same winepress that graces the front doorway.

From Time Magazine Archive

Therefore Christ trod the winepress alone, and alone 'ascended up where He was before.'

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander