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sours

sours is the plural of sour.

sours is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sour.

Meaning of sour

Noun

sour (countable and uncountable, plural sours)

  1. The sensation of a sour taste.
  2. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
  3. (broadly) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
  4. A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
    • “You know I like them candies, especially the lemon sours.”2022, Michael N. Riley, ARCH BOOK I, page 78
  5. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
    • For many Years of Sorrow can dispense;
      A Dram of Sweet is worth a Pound of Sour1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  6. The acidic solution used in souring fabric.

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Phrases with sours

Questions about sours

What is sours the plural of?
Sours is the plural of sour.

Words near sours in the dictionary

  1. sourplums
  2. sourpuss
  3. sourpussed
  4. sourpusses
  5. sourpussing
  6. sours
  7. sours on
  8. soursap
  9. soursaps
  10. soursob
  11. soursobs

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