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Vinegar — is a liquid substance consisting mainly of acetic acid and water, the acetic acid being produced through the fermentation of ethanol by acetic acid bacteria.[1]. Commercial vinegar is produced either by fast or slow fermentation processes. Slow… … Wikipedia
Vinegar — Vin e*gar, n. [OE. vinegre, F. vinaigre; vin wine (L. vinum) + aigre sour. See {Wine}, and {Eager}, a.] 1. A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vinegar — Vin e*gar, v. t. To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hoping that he hath vinegared his senses As he was bid. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vinegar — ► NOUN 1) a sour tasting liquid containing acetic acid, obtained by fermenting dilute alcoholic liquids and used as a condiment or for pickling. 2) sourness or peevishness of behaviour. DERIVATIVES vinegary adjective. ORIGIN from Old French vyn… … English terms dictionary
vinegar — [vin′ə gər] n. [ME vinegre < MFr vinaigre < vin, wine (< L vinum: see VINE) + aigre, sour < L acris (see ACRID)] 1. a sour liquid with a pungent odor, containing acetic acid, made by fermenting dilute alcoholic liquids, as cider, wine … English World dictionary
vinegar — vinegarlike, adj. /vin i geuhr/, n. 1. a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc. 2. Pharm. a solution of a… … Universalium
Vinegar — Heb. hometz, Gr. oxos, Fr. vin aigre; i.e., sour wine. The Hebrew word is rendered vinegar in Ps. 69:21, a prophecy fulfilled in the history of the crucifixion (Matt. 27:34). This was the common sour wine (posea) daily made use of by the Roman … Easton's Bible Dictionary
vinegar — [13] Etymologically, vinegar is ‘sour wine’. The term was borrowed from Old French vyn egre, whose elements went back respectively to Latin vīnum ‘wine’ (source of English wine) and acer ‘sharp, pungent’ (source of English eager). In modern… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
vinegar — [13] Etymologically, vinegar is ‘sour wine’. The term was borrowed from Old French vyn egre, whose elements went back respectively to Latin vīnum ‘wine’ (source of English wine) and acer ‘sharp, pungent’ (source of English eager). In modern… … Word origins
vinegar — 1. noun a) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid. b) … Wiktionary
