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
  • An emphasis on local artisans can be seen in everything from the restaurant’s clay tableware to the spirits used in The Bar’s impressive craft cocktail list.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • While looks at the show leaned into the designer’s ethereal, romantic spirits, this was also an exercise in literary self-portraiture.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of spirits
Noun
  • Sandy and Leah have drinks with the crew before heading back to the boat, where Sandy jokingly pretends to cook the dinner that Joy left for them.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
  • For drinks, The Presidential Lounge is a hip, speakeasy-style lobby bar.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of drinks
Noun
  • Whereas Morandi showed us that bottles could be seen as similar to humans, Lee may be more attuned to how humans might be like stones.
    — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Red coolers proffer bottles of Indonesia’s ubiquitous Bintang beer.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 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
  • Eight interconnecting venues offer everything from French-Japanese fusion, an oyster and ceviche bar, poolside cocktails, and a replica speakeasy.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The first floor of the 929 building is home to a new restaurant, Remedy, which will serve coffee and pastries, then shift to lunch service and then later serve wine and cocktails in the evenings.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 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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