dry
- adjective
- /draɪ/
- Two dry cappuccinos.
- a dry martini
What kind of do you have like on the more dry?
- What kind of do you have like on the more dry?
- So acorns, dry wine, things that make you kind of pucker up, right?
Examples
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A martini, very dry, please.
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- You want a dry wine?
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I was aiming for a dry white wine, but they ran out.
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Then, would you make me a dry martini?
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- I'll have a very dry martini.
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Someone pressed a glass of wine into my hand, not Tokay, mercifully, but some dry red.
Fiction book (1994) -
Miss Kennedy, would you get me a medium-dry vodka martini?
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Luci nodded over his glass of dry South Kosovo red.
Academic text (2007) -
On the palate, it's light- to medium-bodied, dry yet juicy, with touches of peppery spice.
Blog text (12) -
I would like a dry white wine with my dinner tonight.
Synonyms
Completely dry with no moisture
A wine or drink that is slightly dry and not sweet
A wine or drink that is not sweet and is only slightly dry
Very dry champagne or sparkling wine with little sugar
Wine or food that is dry and not sweet
Not containing sugar or tasting sweet
Partly dry and still a little wet
A little lacking juice or sweetness, used in food and drink
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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A very cold solid made from carbon dioxide used to keep things frozen and make white fog
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A place where workers empty the water so they can build or fix a ship's bottom
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A way of painting that uses very little paint to make a rough, scratchy texture
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A small battery with a moist paste inside that gives power to devices like a flashlight
- Offensive
An attack in which someone hides and kills another person by surprise in a lonely place
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A small source of electricity used in devices like radios or flashlights that has no liquid
- Archaic
A way to make photographs on glass plates with a thin light-sensitive layer
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A print made by scratching a metal plate with a hard needle to make dark, soft lines
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Dead skin and flesh that become dry and dark when blood flow stops, often in a toe or foot
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Severe pain in the empty hole after a tooth is removed when the blood clot falls out
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A small insect that lives in and eats dry wood not touching the ground
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A portable structure that sinks so a ship can enter and then lifts it out for repair
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A unit used in the United States to measure dry things like grain
How Dry
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dry for drinks comes from the idea of 'no sweetness', which is like having no extra liquid or sugar. So a dry wine or martini has little or no sweet taste.