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MALT WHISKEY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still

Synonyms:

malt whiskey; malt whisky; Scotch; Scotch malt whiskey; Scotch malt whisky; Scotch whiskey; Scotch whisky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("malt whiskey" is a kind of...):

whiskey; whisky (a liquor made from fermented mash of grain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malt whiskey"):

Drambuie (a sweet Scotch whisky liqueur)

Holonyms ("malt whiskey" is a substance of...):

Rob Roy (a manhattan cocktail made with Scotch whiskey)

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