cocktail glass

noun

|Updated on: 1 Jul 2018

Definition of cocktail glass

: a bell-shaped drinking glass usually having a foot and stem and holding about three ounces (90 milliliters)

Recent Examples of cocktail glass from the Web

The company’s signature appetizer plate is grooved on one side to hold a fork, and its bottom fits snugly over the top of a cocktail glass, so guests can keep a hand free without spilling.

— karen stabiner, New York Times, "For the State-of-the-Art Wedding Feast, ‘Look Is Everything’," 18 June 2018
With the majority of items at counter height, Mr. Bell only keeps fine china, meat grinders, cocktail glasses and a prized Robot-Coupe, a professional-grade food processor, out of arm’s reach.

— alina dizik, WSJ, "The Rise of the Child-Friendly Luxury Kitchen," 14 June 2018
The suite even includes bags from her favorite store, Bloomingdales, plus monogramed Dorothy Draper cocktail glasses and a vintage Dom Perignon Champagne bucket in the bar.

— danielle tullo, House Beautiful, "You Can Now Vacation in Marilyn Monroe’s Former Home," 31 May 2018
Makes 1 cocktail 1 sugar cube 3 dashes of peach bitters 1 peach, skinned, pitted and cut into wedges 3 sprigs lemon thyme 2½ ounces bourbon Slices of peach, for garnish Instructions: Drop a sugar cube into a cocktail glass.

— San Antonio Express-News, "Recipe: Orchard Old-Fashioned," 30 May 2018
To serve, rim a cocktail glass with a mixture of ¼ cup salt, ¼ cup unseasoned breadcrumbs, 1 Tbsp.

— alyse whitney, Bon Appetit, "This Avocado Toast Cocktail Is My New Favorite Brunch Drink," 13 Mar. 2018
Strain into a cocktail glass and sprinkle coffee grinds on top.

— brittany martin, Los Angeles Magazine, "Best Picture Oscar Films as Cocktails, from the Bartender Who Makes Cocktails for the Oscars," 6 Feb. 2018
Chapman, the three stewardesses and a trio of passengers told police Morrison and Baker used vulgar language when the pilot tried, on three occasions, to prevent them from throwing cocktail glasses in the aircraft.

— ashleigh r wilson, azcentral, "Yes, it really happened on an airport tarmac in metro Phoenix," 29 July 2016
Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice or into a cocktail glass.

— liza weisstuch, BostonGlobe.com, "From the Bar: This margarita brings on the heat," 1 May 2018

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