a complete and ignominious failure.

a round-bottomed glass flask for wine, esp. Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand upright.

noun

advantage , benefit , blessing , boon , miracle , success , wonder

noun

abortion , blunder , botched situation , breakdown , debacle , disaster , dumb thing to do , dumb trick , embarrassment , error , failure , farce , flap , flop , mess , miscarriage , route , ruin , screwup , stunt , washout * , bust , loser , washout , bomb , catastrophe