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kvass

/kvɑːs/

kvass noun: a fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.

kvass: a fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs
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Noun

kvass (countable and uncountable, plural kvasses)

  1. A fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.
    • The station-master coming up asked her whether she was going by train. A boy selling kvas never took his eyes off her.1901 [1878], Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy
    • She […] talked constantly, mostly of her childhood, the young ladies’ school she had attended, and the pleasures of Kiev in the summertime.
      “Days are long and hot, but nights are languorous and starlit. People refresh themselves in their flower gardens and some walk in the parks, drink kvass and...1966, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in The Fixer

kvass meaning in Hindi, Arabic and Vietnamese

kvass in Hindi

fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
क्वास kvās

kvass in Arabic

fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
كْفَاس kfās

kvass in Vietnamese

fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage
nước cơvat

Forms of kvass

pluralkvasses
alternative formkvas
alternative formquass
alternative formquas

Origin of kvass

Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

Words that rhyme with kvass

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Questions about kvass

What does kvass mean?
Kvass means a fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs.
What is kvass in Hindi?
Kvass in Hindi is क्वास (kvās). See Kvass meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kvass?
Kvass is a noun.
How do you pronounce kvass?
Kvass is pronounced /kvɑːs/.
What is the plural of kvass?
The plural of kvass is kvasses.

Words near kvass in the dictionary

  1. kvanefjeldite
  2. Kvarken
  3. Kvarner
  4. kvas
  5. kvases
  6. kvass
  7. kvasses
  8. Kvasyliv
  9. KVCD
  10. KVDT
  11. KVDT2

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