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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vin•e•gar /ˈvɪnɪgɚ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- a sour liquid made of impure acetic acid which is obtained from sour wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like and is used on food, in cooking, as a preservative, etc.
vin•e•gar•y, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vin•e•gar (vin′i gər),USA pronunciation n. - a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc.
- Drugs[Pharm.]a solution of a medicinal substance in dilute acetic acid, or vinegar.
- sour or irritable speech, manner, or countenance:a note of vinegar in his voice.
- Informal Termsvigor;
high spirits;
vim.
- Old French, equivalent. to vin wine + egre, aigre sour (see eager1)
- Middle English vinegre 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vinegar /ˈvɪnɪɡə/ n - a sour-tasting liquid consisting of impure dilute acetic acid, made by oxidation of the ethyl alcohol in beer, wine, or cider. It is used as a condiment or preservative
- sourness or peevishness of temper, countenance, speech, etc
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French vinaigre, from vin wine + aigre sour, from Latin acer sharpˈvinegarish adj |