VINEGAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vinegar mean? 

• VINEGAR (noun)
  The noun VINEGAR has 2 senses:

1. sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative

2. dilute acetic acid

  Familiarity information: VINEGAR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VINEGAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

acetum; vinegar

Hypernyms ("vinegar" is a kind of...):

condiment (a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vinegar"):

chili vinegar (fiery vinegar flavored with chili peppers)

cider vinegar (vinegar made from cider)

wine vinegar (vinegar made from wine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dilute acetic acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("vinegar" is a kind of...):

acetic acid; ethanoic acid (a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals)

 Context examples 

Suppose you let her have your aromatic vinegar; I always forget to have mine filled.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A little while after, Catherine thought the door was still very heavy: so she whispered to Frederick, I must throw the vinegar down.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

A vinegar solution may be used to make abnormal tissue easier to see with the colposcope.

(Colposcopy, NCI Dictionary)

A form of acetic acid (an acid found in vinegar).

(Acetate, NCI Dictionary)

Her sufferings were physical as well as mental, for over one eye rose a hideous, plum-coloured swelling, which her maid, a tall, austere woman, was bathing assiduously with vinegar and water.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The best known species is D. Melanogaster, often called the fruit fly, but more correctly termed the vinegar fly.

(Drosophila, NCI Thesaurus)

“It is like mead and vinegar, half sweet, half sour. And is there no question which you would ask my lady?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Most cleansing solutions contain water mixed with vinegar, baking soda, or iodine.

(Douche, NCI Dictionary)

Next, I saw Hannibal passing the Alps, who told me “he had not a drop of vinegar in his camp.”

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

An acid found in vinegar.

(Acetic acid, NCI Dictionary)