blended whiskey
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- /ˈblɛndɪd ˈwɪski/
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whisky mezclado
- The bartender recommended a smooth blended whiskey that was perfect for cocktails.
Texas, Texas blended whiskey, TX, just TX whiskey.
- Texas, Texas blended whiskey, TX, just TX whiskey.
Examples
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Blended whiskey is crap.
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This is a blended whiskey.
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It will be blended whiskey.
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Blended whiskey is crap, I don't give what color the label is.
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Texas, Texas blended whiskey, TX, just TX whiskey.
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Philip Marlowe sits in his office knocking back straight shots of blended whiskey when reason tells us he should be thinking about raising a family in the law-abiding valley.
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He poured a glass of blended whiskey for his guests after dinner.
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Many people enjoy a blended whiskey on the rocks during happy hour.
Synonyms
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A drink with alcohol that people make from grain and leave in wooden barrels to age
Antonyms
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A type of whiskey made mainly from malted barley, often produced in Scotland in pot stills
How Blended
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'blended' means mixed and 'whiskey' is the spirit, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to whiskey made by mixing different whiskeys (or with neutral spirits). This adjective+noun combination follows normal morphological composition and is cross-linguistically regular, making it easily understandable at B1.
Etymology
Blended whiskey comes from the idea of 'blending' — literally mixing different whiskeys together. Makers mixed several whiskeys or added neutral alcohol to get a smoother, more steady taste, so today blended whiskey means a whiskey made by mixing two or more whiskeys.