Food & drink pronunciation

cocktail

/ˈkɒkteɪl/

IPA
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
Path
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Meaning

noun

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

noun

A mixture of other substances or things.

“Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.”

noun

A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.

noun

A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.

noun

A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

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