vinegar
IPA: vˈɪnʌgɝ
noun
- (uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
- (countable) Any variety of vinegar.
- (derogatory, uncommon) A black Vietnamese person.
verb
- (transitive) To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.
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Examples of "vinegar" in Sentences
- Denounce your vinegar sodden ways now.
- Vinegar usually has an acidulous taste.
- The reference doesn't specify the kind of vinegar.
- The vinegar smells stronger than the sulfuric acid.
- But I don't see how the vinegar is the substitute ...
- I'd put in molasses and vinegar with the tomato paste.
- The ratio is olives to 7 liters of water, salt and of vinegar.
- Beeper, the vinegar is there to help activate the baking soda.
- Additionally, it's common knowledge that vinegar adds pungency.
- At one point, the water in the creek was nearly as acidic as vinegar.
- One of the uses for this waste is the production of kiwifruit vinegar.
- It is composed of verdigris, vinegar, and honey, boiled to a consistency.
- Even if she never melted a pearl in vinegar, as legend has it, she cou ld well afford to do so.
- Both the English word vinegar and the Spanish vinagre derive from the French vin, meaning wine, and aigre, meaning sour.
- In Southern Mexico, it would most likely be made with fruit vinegar, especially pineapple vinegar, but apple cider vinegar is a good substitute.
- Though it doesn’t look or sound related, the word vinegar comes from the same root as both acid and acetic: the Indo-European ak-, meaning “sharp.”
- In vindaloo, the vinegar is an influence from the Portuguese merchants who carried wine -- but because of the long trip some would sour and they would find a cooking use for it.
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