Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A prefix to names of chemical compounds, signifying the presence of acetic acid or acetyl radical.

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Examples

  • The concentrated cotto mosto is then inoculated with a "mother of vinegar", a batch of vinegar alive with a culture of aceto-bacteria.

    Meathead Goldwyn: Balsamic Vinegar: Magnificence and Deception Meathead Goldwyn 2010

  • The concentrated cotto mosto is then inoculated with a "mother of vinegar", a batch of vinegar alive with a culture of aceto-bacteria.

    Meathead Goldwyn: Balsamic Vinegar: Magnificence and Deception Meathead Goldwyn 2010

  • This would prevent the aceto bacterias from getting in there and turning my mash into apple cider vinegar, and it would keep out undesirable yeasts as well.

    CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

  • The highest quality aceto balsamico is closer to a condiment than a normal vinegar and needs no herbs or spices to make its flavor shine.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • This would prevent the aceto bacterias from getting in there and turning my mash into apple cider vinegar, and it would keep out undesirable yeasts as well.

    CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

  • This would prevent the aceto bacterias from getting in there and turning my mash into apple cider vinegar, and it would keep out undesirable yeasts as well.

    CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

  • Improperium exspectavit cor meum, et miseriam: et sustinui, qui simul mecum contristaretur, et non fuit: consolantem me quaesivi, et non inveni: et dederunt in escam meam fel, et in siti mea potaverunt me aceto, potaverunt me aceto.

    Archive 2009-04-01 bls 2009

  • Certified bottles of aceto balsamico must be aged for at least 12 years and if certified will include the words "Tradizionale di Modena" on the label.

    John Tepper Marlin: Report from the Green Edge 1: The Organic World Congress 2008

  • In the evenings a devoted crowd of regulars spills out onto the Fondamenta Priuli to drink at Enoteca Gia Schiavi, where there's also a delicious array of cicchetti: crostini with gorgonzola, apple, and aceto or pistachio-cheese cream as well as the classics, for only €1 each.

    Venice Crossings: A Traghetto Tour Reveals the City's Other Side 2008

  • Da verbenam in potu et non erigetur virga sex diebus; utere mentha sicca cum aceto, genitalia illinita succo hyoscyami aid cicutae, coitus appelitum sedant, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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