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standard drink

standard drink noun: a hypothetical beverage containing a fixed amount of pure alcohol (varying by jurisdiction), used to gauge alcohol consumption.

Noun

standard drink (plural standard drinks)

  1. A hypothetical beverage containing a fixed amount of pure alcohol (varying by jurisdiction), used to gauge alcohol consumption.

Forms of standard drink

pluralstandard drinks

Questions about standard drink

What does standard drink mean?
Standard drink means a hypothetical beverage containing a fixed amount of pure alcohol (varying by jurisdiction), used to gauge alcohol consumption.
What part of speech is standard drink?
Standard drink is a noun.
What is the plural of standard drink?
The plural of standard drink is standard drinks.

Words near standard drink in the dictionary

  1. standard definition
  2. standard deviation
  3. standard deviations
  4. standard dialect
  5. standard dialects
  6. standard drink
  7. standard drinks
  8. standard electrode potential
  9. standard electrode potentials
  10. Standard English
  11. standard error

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