dry
- adjective
- /draɪ/
- Two dry cappuccinos.
- a dry martini
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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
Very dry champagne or sparkling wine with little sugar
Partly dry and still a little wet
A wine or drink that is slightly dry and not sweet
A wine or drink that is not sweet and is only slightly dry
A little lacking juice or sweetness, used in food and drink
Not containing sugar or tasting sweet
Wine or food that is dry and not sweet
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
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A small source of electricity used in devices like radios or flashlights that has no liquid
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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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Dead skin and flesh that become dry and dark when blood flow stops, often in a toe or foot
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A unit for measuring how much space dry goods like grain or fruit take
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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 way to make photographs on glass plates with a thin light-sensitive layer
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An attack in which someone hides and kills another person by surprise in a lonely place
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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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A small insect that lives in and eats dry wood not touching the ground
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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.