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to alcoholize

to alcoholize

8.8
To add alcohol to food or drink to make it alcoholic
  • verb
  • /ˈæl.kə.həˌlaɪz/
translation icon : alcoholizar
  • The chef decided to alcoholize the cherries by soaking them in brandy overnight.

Examples

  • You can alcoholize desserts to create a unique taste profile for special occasions.

  • Certain fruits are often alcoholized to enhance their flavor and preserve them.

  • They alcoholized the fruit for the cocktail.

  • I want to alcoholize this recipe for the party.

  • The chef decided to alcoholize the cherries by soaking them in brandy overnight.

  • You can alcoholize desserts to create a unique taste profile for special occasions.

  • Certain fruits are often alcoholized to enhance their flavor and preserve them.

Synonyms

to liquor
vsto alcoholize
8 7.0

To add alcohol to food or give people alcoholic drinks

focuses on treating or producing alcohol rather than supplying drinks
to fortify
vsto alcoholize
3 7.4

Add alcohol to a drink to make it stronger

is broader and covers treating or producing alcohol rather than only strengthening drinks
to vinify
vsto alcoholize
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To make wine from grape juice by letting it ferment

creates alcohol by adding or producing it rather than only by fermentation
to chaptalize
vsto alcoholize
  • Specialized
9.9

To add sugar to grape juice or fermenting wine to make more alcohol

acts directly to make things alcoholic rather than increasing alcohol via added sugar

How Alcoholic

to saturate
55 5.2
to alcoholize
8.8
to infuse
19 4.1
to moisten
7 3.0

Surface Forms

alcoholize infinitive
alcoholized past
alcoholized past participle
alcoholizing present participle
alcoholizes third person singular

Morphology

alcoholize = alcohol (transparent) = alcohol + ize

Regular application of the verb-forming suffix '-ize' to 'alcohol' yields a predictable meaning 'to make or treat with alcohol', which learners can infer from the base.

Etymology

The word alcoholize comes from alcohol, which comes from the Arabic word 'al-kuhl' meaning 'essence' or 'spirit', and the ending -ize meaning 'to make'. So, to alcoholize food is to 'make it alcoholic', for example by soaking cherries in brandy.