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aperitifs

noun

plural of aperitif
as in digestifs

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  1. liquors
  2. spirits
  3. drinks
  4. bottles
  5. alcohols
  6. cocktails
  7. tipples
  8. intoxicants
Noun
  • The hotel’s commitment to showing off local, small-batch liquors means that all standard cocktails, as well as most of the signature drinks offered at its three bars, feature in-state whiskeys, vodkas, gins, and bourbons as a base.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The Spirits That Work Best in Salty Drinks Generally, light liquors including gin, tequila, and vodka are the best builders for these cocktails and infusions, says Harris.
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of liquors
Noun
  • Upstairs, on the top floor, the bar serves vintage hard-to-get champagne and spirits by the glass.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The 13 months since have become a collective effort to lift the spirits of Brotheron, who has also played alongside artists like Patty Griffin, Caroline Herring, Rodney Hayden, and Andy Hedges.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of spirits
Noun
  • Use it to serve drinks or appetizers when guests come over, or leave it out on a counter to corral oils, spices, and other everyday essentials in a more polished way.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Swift is a ghost of girlfriends past haunting Johnson in the video, sleeping in bed next to her, knocking drinks over to warn her to leave her ominous partner.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of drinks
Noun
  • And, of course, there are more gunfights and suspense sequences, including with champagne bottles as blunt weapons for Knightley in her second-season return.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But at the very top end, the market continues to produce extraordinary results for bottles with exceptional rarity and provenance.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of bottles
Noun
  • According to the scientists, the method achieved some of the highest production rates yet for valuable alcohols and three- and four-carbon atoms.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For example, a gold catalyst leads to the production of carbon monoxide (CO), while copper produces more complex compounds including alcohols, ethanol and methane (CH4).
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of alcohols
Noun
  • The baseline of drinks included here is pretty generous, from coffee and soft drinks, to cocktails and wine.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • During pre-show cocktails in the Grand Tier Bar, Sigourney Weaver chatted with Frances McDormand as Katie Holmes arrived with her artist beau, Jason Bard Yarmosky.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of cocktails
Noun
  • The cocktail program will be crafted by one of Employees Only’s principal bartenders, ensuring top-notch tipples round after round.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Power brings a warmer and more wayward sensibility to such material than, say, the German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, whose deadpan grids of coal tipples and water towers drained industrial structures of affect.
    — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 23 June 2026
Definition of tipples
Noun
  • The person was also charged with four other crimes, including possession of open intoxicants in a vehicle.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The case against the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback was amended Thursday to add citations for possessing open intoxicants in a motor vehicle, unsafe passing on the right and first-offense operating while intoxicated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of intoxicants
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“Aperitifs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aperitifs. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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