vodka

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The best of the cocktails I tried with the vodka was a Vodka Cranberry (I like mine with a splash of orange juice).

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  1. noun An alcoholic liquor originally distilled from fermented wheat mash but now also made from a mash of rye, corn, or potatoes.

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  • The word vodka is a mass noun–one that refers to a substance that gets measured rather than objects that get counted–so it occurs in contexts like this tastes like and a mouthful of .
  • Like vodka, the word crap is a mass noun, at least when it refers to a substance.
  • And yet one would have supposed that it would have been much easier to obtain meat and fish than vodka, which is more expensive and more difficult to transport.... Yes, drinking vodka must be much more interesting than fishing in Lake Baikal or rearing cattle. —  Letters of Anton Chekhov
  • A martini made with vodka is called a vodka martini. —  Latest Articles
  • Did you know that if you translate "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" into Russian, it becomes "the vodka is agreeable but the meat has gone bad"? —  Russia Blog
 

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  1. Russian, diminutive of voda, water; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Russian vodka, brandy, diminutive of voda, water.
 

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/ˈvoʊdkə/
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