arak
noun
ar·ak
variant spelling of arrack
: an Asian alcoholic beverage like rum that is distilled from a fermented mash of malted rice with toddy or molasses
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Yudiawan also distills his own arak, or palm wine, and produces artisanal sea salt and a type of palm-sugar syrup known as juruh.
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Tjok Maya Kerthyasa, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2022
The guests are gathering in the orange-scented air for their first arak of the evening.
—New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
Tjok Maya Kerthyasa, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2022
The guests are gathering in the orange-scented air for their first arak of the evening.
—New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
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“Arak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arak. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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