Vinegar

  • 11vinegar — 1. noun a) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid. b) …

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  • 12vinegar — n. apple; cider; wine vinegar * * * [ vɪnɪgə] cider wine vinegar apple …

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  • 13vinegar — UK [ˈvɪnɪɡə(r)] / US [ˈvɪnɪɡər] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms vinegar : singular vinegar plural vinegars a sour liquid made by allowing wine or cider to become acid, used for adding flavour to food …

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  • 14vinegar — /ˈvɪnəgə/ (say vinuhguh), /ˈvɪnɪgə / (say viniguh) noun 1. a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like, and used as a condiment, preservative, etc. 2.… …

  • 15vinegar — see honey catches more flies than vinegar from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar …

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  • 16vinegar — Impure dilute acetic acid, made from wine, cider, malt, etc. SYN: acetum. [Fr. vinaigre, fr. vin, wine, + aigre, sour] mother of v. in v., the fungus of acetous fermentation appearing as a stringy sediment. [A.S. modder, mud] …

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  • 17vinegar — noun Vinegar is used after these nouns: ↑cider, ↑sherry, ↑wine …

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  • 18vinegar — South African Slang Origin: Kasi / township slang (Origin: Port Elizabeth) Denoting insecurity; especially used of people who behave nastily to others because of their own complexes. He s full of vinegar meaning he s got so many chips on his… …

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  • 19vinegar — Sour wine; offered to Jesus on the cross in a pathetic attempt to diminish the pain (Mark 15:36) but perhaps understood later as a further infliction of suffering (Luke 23:36) if it was seen as a fulfilment of the suggestion of vinegar as poison… …

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  • 20vinegar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. acetum, pickle; condiment, preservative. See sourness. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of vinegar include: cider, white, malt, beer, wine, tarragon, raspberry, beetroot, dilute, balsamic, rice, herb, fruit;… …

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