full-bodied

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full-bod·ied

(fo͝ol′bŏd′ēd)

adj.

1. Having richness and intensity of flavor or aroma: a full-bodied wine.

2. Rich and intense: a full-bodied performance of the aria.

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full-bodied

adj

having a full rich flavour or quality

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full′-bod′ied

adj.

of full strength, flavor, richness, etc.

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Adj.

full-bodied - marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"

racy, robust, rich

tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"

full-bodied

adjective rich, strong, heavy, heady, mellow, fruity, redolent, full-flavoured, well-matured richly scented, full-bodied wines

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full-bodied

[ˈfʊlˈbɒdɪd] ADJ [cry] → fuerte; [wine] → de mucho cuerpo

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full-bodied

[ˌfʊlˈbɒdɪd] adj (wine) → corposo/a

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Yet all were more like skeletons than full-bodied wolves.

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These, in turn, were crowded out by Japanese women, doll-like, stepping mincingly on wooden clogs; by Eurasians, delicate featured, stamped with degeneracy; by full-bodied South-Sea-Island women, flower-crowned and brown-skinned.

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It was what I should call a full-bodied dog, with a well-developed chest.

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She was a woman, a nut-brown woman, an Amazon, a full-blooded, full-bodied woman, and royal ripe.

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It feels that the colder it gets, the more one craves heavier, full-bodied beer to cool down with after work.

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Branded as a French classic and bistro staple, a drop of Burgundy is the obvious choice in a casserole of boeuf bourguignon -but a full-bodied southern French such as Ortas Rasteau Cotes du Rhone Villages Rouge, France (PS9.95, www.herculeswines.co.uk) will beef it up even more.