English

Noun

vermouth ‎(countable and uncountable, plural vermouths)

1. A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind:

     He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.

2. (US standard of identity) An aperitif wine that matches the general description of vermouth.

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Noun

vermouth

1. vermouth