mescal

Examples

• All

• Over mescal and dinner, we talk about how the Tigr rituals have changed through the years.

  Academic text (2008)

• I made my own mescal.

  Lone Star (1996)

• I'll be interested to see you gentlemen when you arrive in Texas and have your first taste of mescal.

  The Alamo (2004)

• In the eastern Oaxaca Valley, many local residents distill the juice to make a less-refined alcoholic beverage, mescal.

  Academic text (2002)

• Often produced in village yards, where the maguey hearts are roasted and softened in earth ovens before being crushed to extract the juice, mescal is traded throughout the valley and beyond.

  Academic text (2002)

• After a long day, we relaxed with a glass of mescal and shared stories about our trip.

• During the celebration, the locals served traditional dishes alongside shots of mescal.

• I learned how to prepare authentic cocktails using mescal for my friends.

Synonyms

M

mezcal

vsmescal

2 7.2

A Mexican alcoholic drink that people make from the agave plant

is more specific, colorless and from fermented agave juices especially century plant

Antonyms

N

nonalcohol

3.5

Not containing alcohol, for drinks or products

Compounds

M

mescal bean

• Specialized

9.9

A shrub or small tree with blue flowers and red seeds that are poisonous to people and animals

M

mescal button

• NSFW

9.9

A small round part of the peyote cactus that people eat to cause visions

Surface Forms

Etymology