methuselah

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see also: Methuselah

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Noun

methuselah (plural methuselahs)

1. A wine bottle having the capacity of eight standard bottles (six litres)

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Methuselah

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Proper noun

1. The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.

Translations

• French: Mathusalem
• German: Methusalem
• Italian: Matusalemme
• Portuguese: Matusalém
• Russian: Мафусаи́л
• Spanish: Matusalén, Mathusalam (obsolete)

Translations

• Portuguese: matusalém

Noun

methuselah (plural methuselahs)

1. (by extension) Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.
2. A large wine bottle with the capacity of about 6 liters, equivalent to 8 standard bottles.

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