çakmaktaşı gibi

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Definition of çakmaktaşı gibi in Turkish English dictionary

flinty

Resembling or containing flint

Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel

{a} made of flint, strong, hardhearted, cruel

If you describe a person or someone's character or expression as flinty, you mean they are harsh and show no emotion. her flinty stare. a man of flinty determination. = stony

Tasting term used to describe wine with a hard, austere, dry, clean white wine such as Chablis which has a bouquet reminiscent of flint struck by steel

showing a lack of emotion

A hard, stony taste in wine A "flinty" wine is said to recall gunflint Wines from the Chablis and Sancerre appellations in France have always been associated with a flinty smell and taste due to the calcareous soil Flinty wines are usually dry and austere

A descriptor for extremely dry white wines such as Sauvignon Blanc, whose bouquet is reminiscent of flint struck against steel

Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart

having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute

characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis

{s} hard as flint, hard as stone, unyielding; cruel, brutal; containing flint

having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

Used to describe the fragrance or taste of some white wines, especially a White Bordeaux If you can remember what flint smells like when struck with steel, you'll have an idea of this characteristic

Dry, mineral character that comes from certain soils, mostly limestone, in which the wine was grown; typical of French Chablis and Loire Valley Sauvignon Blancs (Sancerre)

Hyphenation

çak·mak·ta·şı gi·bi