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vermouth

noun ver·mouth \vər-ˈmüth\

: a type of wine that is flavored with herbs and spices and often mixed with other alcoholic drinks

Full Definition of VERMOUTH

:  a dry or sweet aperitif wine flavored with aromatic herbs and often used in mixed drinks
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Origin of VERMOUTH

French vermout, from German Wermut wormwood, from Old High German wermuota — more at wormwood
First Known Use: 1806

Rhymes with VERMOUTH

bucktooth, cheek tooth, dogtooth, Duluth, egg tooth, eyetooth, forsooth, half-truth, home truth, houndstooth, in truth, Kossuth, milk tooth, sawtooth, selcouth, sweet tooth, tollbooth, uncouth, untruth

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4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. vermouth
  2. vermouth cassis
  3. French vermouth
  4. Italian vermouth
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