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ver·mouth

 (vər-mo͞oth′)
n.
A sweet or dry fortified wine flavored with aromatic herbs and used chiefly in mixed drinks.
[French vermout, from German Wermut, from Middle High German wermuot, wormwood, from Old High German wermuota; akin to Old English wermōd; see wormwood.]
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vermouth

(ˈvɜːməθ; vəˈmuːθ)
n
(Brewing) any of several wines containing aromatic herbs and some other flavourings
[C19: from French, from German Wermut wormwood (absinthe)]
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ver•mouth

(vərˈmuθ)

n.
an aromatized white wine in which herbs and other flavorings have been steeped.
[1800–10; < French]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vermouth - any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbsvermouth - any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks
vino, wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially)
Italian vermouth, sweet vermouth - sweet dark amber variety
dry vermouth, French vermouth - dry pale amber variety
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Translations
vermut
vermutti
ürmösürmösborvermut

vermouth

[ˈvɜːməθ] N → vermut m, vermú m
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vermouth

[ˈvɜːrməθ vərˈmuːθ] n → vermouth m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

vermouth

n → Wermut m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

vermouth

[ˈvɜːməθ] n → vermut m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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"Oh, she is better than good--she is beautiful," murmured Lord Henry, sipping a glass of vermouth and orange-bitters.
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"Draw a chair up here and join me in a glass of vermouth. You need not be afraid of it.
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As we sat over our vermouths he glorified the Company's business, and by-and-by I expressed casually my sur- prise at him not going out there.
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t ms inks, " They're unlikely to resurrect either of those ads but it seems vermouth, the spirit in both drinks, is the trendy new tipple.
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I'm sticking with the classics for now, with the drinks you can knock out in a few minutes and that you'll go back to again and again thereby justifying the bottle of bitters or sweet vermouth you buy but fear will be used once before becoming he a sticky waste of space at the back of the cupboard.
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