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table drink

table drink noun: any type of inexpensive beverage that is consumed during a meal.

Noun

table drink (plural table drinks)

  1. (uncommon) Any type of inexpensive beverage that is consumed during a meal.
    • Some there are, who have taken it uſually, inſtead of Wine [which is their table-drink in Spain] at Diner, and Supper1662, Henry Stubbe, The Indian Nectar, Or a Discourse Concerning Chocolata: Wherein the Nature of the Cacaonut is Examined: The Ways of Compounding and Preparing Chocolata are Enquired Into Together...
    • The thin light vin du pays is the table-drink of the poorest peasantry.1817, Lady Morgan (Sydney), Sir Thomas Charles Morgan, France, Volume 1, page 65
  2. (uncommon) Any type of drink that is associated with bottle service.

Examples of table drink in a sentence

  • not only are they alcoholic drinks obtained by fermentation but they have the same uses (table drinks and thirst-quenching drinks).1984, European Parliament (publisher), Working Documents, numbers 1-99, page 22:
  • A low rate of arterial sclerosis among the people of southern France, where red rather than white wine is the preferred table drink.1994, Waterloo Region Record:
  • The above, however, does not include any air fares, and expenses of personal nature, like table drinks, tips, laundry, etc.2002, Swarajya Prakash Gupta, Krishna Lal, Mahua Bhattacharyya, Cultural Tourism in India, Museums, Monuments & Arts: Theory and Practice...

Forms of table drink

pluraltable drinks

Questions about table drink

What does table drink mean?
Table drink means any type of inexpensive beverage that is consumed during a meal.
How do you use table drink in a sentence?
not only are they alcoholic drinks obtained by fermentation but they have the same uses (table drinks and thirst-quenching drinks).
What part of speech is table drink?
Table drink is a noun.
What is the plural of table drink?
The plural of table drink is table drinks.

Words near table drink in the dictionary

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