Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sour liquid containing acetic acid, produced by fermenting a solution (such as wine or fermented rice) containing ethanol produced by a previous fermentation, used as a condiment and preservative.
- noun Sourness of speech or mood; ill temper.
- noun Liveliness and enthusiasm; vim.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by the acetous fermentation.
- noun Anything really or metaphorically sour; sourness of temper. Also used attributively to signify sour or crabbed.
- noun In pharmacy, a solution of a medicinal substance in acetic acid, or vinegar; acetum.
- To make into vinegar, or make sour like vinegar.
- To apply vinegar to; pour vinegar over; also, to mix with vinegar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp.
- noun A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (
acetous ) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like. - noun Hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically.
- noun strong acetic acid highly flavored with aromatic substances.
- noun See 4th
Mother . - noun acetic acid.
- noun See under
Thief . - noun (Zoöl.) a minute nematode worm (
Leptodera oxophila , orAnguillula acetiglutinis ), commonly found in great numbers in vinegar, sour paste, and other fermenting vegetable substances; -- called alsovinegar worm . - noun (Chem.) a fanciful name of an apparatus designed to oxidize alcohol to acetic acid by means of platinum.
- noun See 4th
Mother . - noun (Bot.) the stag-horn sumac (
Rhus typhina ), whose acid berries have been used to intensify the sourness of vinegar. - noun See under
Wood .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A
sour liquid formed by thefermentation ofalcohol used as acondiment orpreservative ; adilute solution ofacetic acid . - noun countable Any variety of vinegar.
- verb transitive To
season with vinegar.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dilute acetic acid
- noun sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But I don't see how the vinegar is the substitute ...
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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.
Goan Curried Braised Beef With Potatoes, Cider Vinegar & Coconut Milk Laura 2009
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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.
Archive 2009-02-01 Laura 2009
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Beeper, the vinegar is there to help activate the baking soda.
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Both the English word vinegar and the Spanish vinagre derive from the French vin, meaning wine, and aigre, meaning sour.
Preserving The Fall Harvest: Mexican Pickles And Vinaigrettes 2006
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Both the English word vinegar and the Spanish vinagre derive from the French vin, meaning wine, and aigre, meaning sour.
Preserving The Fall Harvest: Mexican Pickles And Vinaigrettes 2006
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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.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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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.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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In Southern Mexico, it would most likely be made with fruit vinegar, especially pineapple vinegar, but apple cider vinegar is a good substitute.
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Even if she never melted a pearl in vinegar, as legend has it, she cou ld well afford to do so.
Still Under Cleopatra's Spell Stacy Schiff 2010
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CA, for instance, deteriorates after exposure to acids or heat, giving off acetic acid and lending the term ‘vinegar syndrome’ to the breakdown of film stock.
Plastic Archeology. George Cave 2023
npydyuan commented on the word vinegar
pith and...
September 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word vinegar
Yeth. Prethithely.
September 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word vinegar
Captured at Yorktown, "5 casks vinegar, 300 gallons."
That's a lot of pith.
October 29, 2007
whichbe commented on the word vinegar
Pearls melt in vinegar.
May 7, 2008
gangerh commented on the word vinegar
And more quickly than do pigs, eh, whichbe? But only should they be cast first.
May 8, 2008
dontcry commented on the word vinegar
good one!
May 8, 2008