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vinegar

Sour liquid consisting of a 4% solution of acetic acid produced by the oxidation of alcohol, used to flavour food and as a preservative in pickling. Malt vinegar is brown and made from malted cereals; white vinegar is distilled from it. Other sources of vinegar include cider, wine, and honey. Balsamic vinegar is wine vinegar aged in wooden barrels.



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'Very well,' answered she, 'I'll carry the door; but I'll not carry the nuts and vinegar bottle also--that would be too much of a load; so if you please, I'll fasten them to the door.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
If it be boiled, it grows hard, and makes a kind of sugar much valued in the Indies: distil this liquor and you have a strong water, of which is made excellent vinegar.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
The countess had a headache brought on by all the noise and turmoil and was lying down in the new sitting room with a vinegar compress on her head.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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