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WHISKY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A liquor made from fermented mash of grain
Synonyms:
whiskey; whisky
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("whisky" is a kind of...):
booze; hard drink; hard liquor; John Barleycorn; liquor; spirits; strong drink (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whisky"):
blended whiskey; blended whisky (mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral spirits)
bourbon (whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels)
corn; corn whiskey; corn whisky (whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn)
Irish; Irish whiskey; Irish whisky (whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley)
rye; rye whiskey; rye whisky (whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt)
malt whiskey; malt whisky; Scotch; Scotch malt whiskey; Scotch malt whisky; Scotch whiskey; Scotch whisky (whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still)
sour mash; sour mash whiskey (any whiskey distilled from sour mash)
Holonyms ("whisky" is a substance of...):
manhattan (a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters)
old fashioned (a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices)
whiskey sour; whisky sour (a sour made with whiskey)
Context examples:
“And bring out the cigars and the whisky you’ll find in my berth.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Serve out plenty of whisky to the hunters and see that a few bottles slip for’ard.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In the cabin I found all hands assembled, sailors as well, and while coffee was being cooked over the small stove we drank whisky and crunched hard-tack.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
These he filled two-thirds full with undiluted whisky—“a gentleman’s drink?
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I served as assistant while he probed and cleansed the passages made by the bullets, and I saw the two men endure his crude surgery without anæsthetics and with no more to uphold them than a stiff tumbler of whisky.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
