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ready-to-drink

ready-to-drink adjective: describing a packaged beverage sold in a prepared form, ready for consumption, such as ice tea or alcopops.

Adjective

ready-to-drink (not comparable)

  1. Describing a packaged beverage sold in a prepared form, ready for consumption, such as ice tea or alcopops.
    Synonyms:
    RTD

Noun

ready-to-drink (plural ready-to-drinks)

  1. (informal) A ready-to-drink beverage.
    • Of course, ready-to-drinks have their place — and yes, they’re convenient — but pre-batching a cocktail using fresh ingredients and sharing it with friends in the garden or at a picnic in the park is a proper flex that will never go unappreciated.2022 June 14, Tyler Zielinski, “Batch cocktail recipes for summer: Five ideal options for al fresco drinking”, in Evening Standard
    Synonyms:
    RTD

Synonyms of ready-to-drink

Forms of ready-to-drink

Adjective
alternative formready to drink
Noun
pluralready-to-drinks

Questions about ready-to-drink

What does ready-to-drink mean?
Ready-to-drink means describing a packaged beverage sold in a prepared form, ready for consumption, such as ice tea or alcopops.
What part of speech is ready-to-drink?
Ready-to-drink can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ready-to-drink in the dictionary

  1. ready-meals
  2. ready-mix
  3. ready-mixed
  4. ready-reckoner
  5. ready-reckoners
  6. ready-to-drink
  7. ready-to-drinks
  8. ready-to-wear
  9. readyhanded
  10. readying
  11. readying up

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