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alcohol
1 places where people go to buy and drink alcohol 2 drinks made with alcohol 3 drinking alcohol 4 not drinking alcohol 5 making alcohol
1 places where people go to buy and drink alcohol - a place in a hotel, restaurant, club, etc where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks: bar I'll meet you downstairs in the bar. ◎ a theatre bar - a building where people go to meet their friends and drink: pub (AmE bar), (formal) public house We're going down to the pub for a drink. - a shop where you can buy alcohol: off-licence (AmE package store) ※ more on bars and pubs BAR/PUB
2 drinks made with alcohol - drinks made with alcohol: (alcoholic) drink (AmE liquor)(noun U), (informal) booze (noun U) We must get some drink for the party. - strong alcoholic drinks: spirits (noun plural) (AmE hard liquor, noun U ) I never drink spirits, only beer and wine. - a drink made from grain: beer; a type of light beer: lager - a drink made from grapes: wine - a drink made from apples: cider ※ more on beer and wine BEER, WINE - a strong brown drink made from grain: whisky (AmE whiskey); whisky which comes from Scotland: Scotch; a type of whiskey made in the USA: bourbon - a strong dark brown drink made from wine: brandy - a strong colourless drink often drunk with tonic water: gin - a strong colourless drink typically from Russia: vodka Note: beer, wine, etc can be used as uncountable nouns: Do you like Australian wine? ◎ My favourite drink is Scotch on the rocks (= Scotch whisky with ice). There's some beer in the fridge. If used as countable nouns, the meaning is 'a type of' or 'a glass of': This is an excellent brandy (= a good type of brandy). Would you like a beer (= a glass of beer) ? - a drink that people have before a meal: aperitif Shall we have an aperitif? - a strong sweet drink that is usually drunk in small quantities after a meal: liqueur - a drink containing a mixture of alcoholic drinks, fruit juices, etc: cocktail - a mixture of different drinks made in a large container at a party: punch
3 drinking alcohol - to drink alcohol: drink*, have a drink He drinks too much. ◎ She was sitting in the bar having a drink. - to express good wishes before having an alcoholic drink, people sometimes say cheers They raised their glasses to each other and said 'cheers'. - (used about a drink) containing twice as much as the usual amount: double, large a double brandy ◎ a large whisky and soda - (used about a strong alcoholic drink) served with nothing added: neat neat vodka ◎ No water, thanks. I'll drink it neat. ※ people who drink a lot of alcohol - a person who drinks a lot of alcohol is a (heavy) drinker - a person who often drinks too much is a drunkard - a person who needs alcohol every day is an alcoholic; the medical condition is alcoholism (noun U) the social costs of alcoholism ※ when people drink too much - if sb drinks too much, they get* drunk Peter got really drunk last night. - a person who has drunk too much is drunk, (informal) pissed, (formal) intoxicated It was a good party - no one got really drunk. - very drunk: blind drunk, (informal) plastered 'Was he drunk?' 'Absolutely plastered.' - a person starts feeling the effects of alcohol when it goes* to their head She only had one drink but it went straight to her head. - having drunk too much alcohol, or showing the effects of too much alcohol: drunken (only before a noun); noun (U): drunkenness I was shouted at by some drunken youths. ◎ drunken singing - not drunk: sober I stayed sober last night because I had to drive home. - to start to feel normal again after being drunk: sober up He drank some coffee to try and sober up. - the headache that a person may have after drinking too much: hangover I couldn't do any work this morning; I had a terrible hangover. ※ drinking and driving DRIVE
4 not drinking alcohol - containing no alcohol: non-alcoholic; a drink which is non-alcoholic: soft drink I'd better have something non-alcoholic - I'm driving. - (used about beer or wine) containing no alcohol or very little alcohol: alcohol-free, low-alcohol alcohol-free wine - to drink less alcohol than you normally do: cut* down (on sth) I won't have a drink thanks - I'm cutting down. - to not drink alcohol: keep* off sth The doctor told me to keep off alcohol. - a person who never drinks alcohol: teetotaller (AmE teetotaler); adjective: teetotal She never drinks - she's teetotal.
5 making alcohol - to change chemically: ferment; noun (U): fermentation As a result of fermentation, the sugar changes to alcohol. - the main process used in making whisky, gin, etc: distilling (noun U); verb: distil sth - a place where whisky, gin, etc are made: distillery ※ making beer and wine BEER, WINE
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