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vinegars

vinegars is the plural of vinegar.

Meaning of vinegar

Noun

vinegar (countable and uncountable, plural vinegars)

  1. (uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
    • In Persia, newly married couples were presented with sheep's trotters steeped in vinegar as a love enticement.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 220
  2. (countable) Any variety of vinegar.
    • a range of herb-flavoured vinegars
  3. (US, informal) Vigor; vitality.
    • You full of vinegar now, but you 'bout through / We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of driving / Then what's all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry? / Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you.1962, “The Legend of John Henry's Hammer”, performed by Johnny Cash

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Phrases with vinegars

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Questions about vinegars

What is vinegars the plural of?
Vinegars is the plural of vinegar.

Words near vinegars in the dictionary

  1. vinegarones
  2. vinegaroon
  3. vinegaroons
  4. vinegarroon
  5. vinegarroons
  6. vinegars
  7. vinegarweed
  8. vinegary
  9. vinegerone
  10. vinegerones
  11. vinegret

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