Scotch whiskey
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- noun
- /skɑtʃ ˈwɪski/
- US
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whisky escocés
- My eyes darted from the hulking man with the drooping moustache, standing there so in flagrante, to the book discarded on the floor, to the bottle of Scotch whiskey next to the book.
- single Scotch whiskey
- malt Scotch whiskey
You won't hear an entire explainer on Chuck's Scotch whiskey voice, but you will hear us talk about the concept of weight in space.
- You won't hear an entire explainer on Chuck's Scotch whiskey voice, but you will hear us talk about the concept of weight in space.
Examples
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With all the alcohol you could have selected at the officers' club, why the seven bottles of Scotch whisky?
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It's one of the most expensive Scotch whiskeys in the world.
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Grief and Scotch whiskey move them finally to "play a spring and dance it round" in spite of the heat, which brings the sweat pouring down their faces.
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And my parents drank rye and I went through a period of loving Scotch whiskies, all of them, the thicker the better.
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I like the flavors of a couple of Scotch whiskies that I know, and enjoying wine is not only a pleasure but also a way to exercise my palate and brain.
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Their weakness, he understood, was whiskey, and Duncan, like all his men, carried with him a small flask of Scotch whiskey, a possible barter for his life.
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The barge dropped beneath his feet into the turbulent lake with its cargo of pulpwood and reportedly 10 cases of illegal Scotch whiskey being smuggled from Canada.
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In addition to tons of pulpwood covering the decks, Ludwig said in a 1978 interview with the Superior Telegram, the ship in that era of Prohibition carried cases of Scotch whiskey being smuggled into the U.S. by another crew member.
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Would you care for a wee nip of Scotch whiskey?
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The bottle stood uncapped; the alcohol had begun to evaporate, and the living room smelled faintly of Scotch whiskey.
Synonyms
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4.6
A whisky made in Scotland
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9.1
A Scottish whisky brand made at one distillery with a smooth, fruity taste
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4.0
A type of whiskey made mainly from malted barley, often produced in Scotland in pot stills
A strong drink made in Scotland from malted barley and aged in wooden casks
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'whiskey distilled in Scotland' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'Scotch' indicates origin/variety from Scotland and 'whiskey' names the alcoholic drink, forming a simple type-of relation. This demonym+product compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and should be immediately understood by a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Scotch whiskey comes from Scotland: Scotch means 'from Scotland' and whiskey comes from an old Gaelic phrase 'uisce beatha' meaning 'water of life'. So today Scotch whiskey means whiskey made and aged in Scotland.