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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 winepress
      n : a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Wine-press
    Consisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath,
    Gr. lenos) into which the grapes were thrown and where they were
    trodden upon and bruised (Isa. 16:10; Lam. 1:15; Joel 3:13); and
    (2) a trough or vat (Heb. yekebh, Gr. hypolenion) into which the
    juice ran from the trough above, the gath (Neh. 13:15; Job
    24:11; Isa. 63:2, 3; Hag. 2:16; Joel 2:24). Wine-presses are
    found in almost every part of Palestine. They are "the only sure
    relics we have of the old days of Israel before the Captivity.
    Between Hebron and Beersheba they are found on all the hill
    slopes; they abound in southern Judea; they are no less common
    in the many valleys of Carmel; and they are numerous in
    Galilee." The "treading of the wine-press" is emblematic of
    divine judgment (Isa. 63:2; Lam. 1:15; Rev. 14:19, 20).