Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless brandy made from the fermented juice of cherries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common contraction of kirsch-wasser.
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- noun often capitalized A clear
brandy made from black cherries: kirchwasser
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun from fermented juice of black morello cherries
Etymologies
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Examples
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After the aspic, he carved the breast of the chicken for her, helped her to salad, and mixed the ice water with the _sirop_ to exactly the strength he liked himself; after the chicken, he helped her to meringues, and after the meringues lighted the kirsch of the _poires au kirsch_, which he had chosen because it always pleased him to see the kirsch burn, and ate one of the pears himself, while she ate the others.
The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Edgar Jepson 1900
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The best of the cherry brandies I tasted wasn't even labeled a "kirsch" per se.
Tasting the trumpets 2008
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The best of the cherry brandies I tasted wasn't even labeled a "kirsch" per se.
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A block of Gruyère; a slightly smaller one of Vacherin; a thin bottle of kirsch.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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He lined up all his ingredients—the cheese, the kirsch, a bottle of white wine, cornstarch, pepper, a clove of garlic, a little baking soda.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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The vintage conditions also were difficult enough to produce a lot of wines with overt signs of overripeness - which not only produces undesirable aromatic and flavor combinations such as prunes, kirsch and boysenberry syrup, but also takes away from any expression of terroir and really muddies focus and precision on the palate.
Bordeaux 2009: all over but the pricing | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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Pour over them the following liquid, which has been made from a wineglassful each of the following but no other liqueurs, all mixed thoroughly together: brandy, kirsch, cointreau, benedictine, maraschino, and a touch of kümmel.
The Romantical She Amy Finnerty 2011
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All the traditional flavours feature vanilla, rum and raisin, and mint choc chip among the 20 or more on offer, with a few experimental ones such as kirsch cherry or lime and ginger.
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He lined up all his ingredients—the cheese, the kirsch, a bottle of white wine, cornstarch, pepper, a clove of garlic, a little baking soda.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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A block of Gruyère; a slightly smaller one of Vacherin; a thin bottle of kirsch.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
reesetee commented on the word kirsch
A colorless brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries. Also called kirschwasser.
February 25, 2007