Associations to the word «Jeroboam»

Wiktionary

JEROBOAM, noun. A wine bottle having a capacity of 3 litres.
JEROBOAM, proper noun. First king of the Kingdom of Israel.
JEROBOAM, noun. A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.
JEROBOAM, noun. A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.

Dictionary definition

JEROBOAM, noun. (Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC).
JEROBOAM, noun. A large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats