sweet vermouth
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6.0
- noun
- /swit vərˈmuθ/
:
vermouth dulce
- She cut me a look that felt like an argument, and I moved to the speed rack for the whisky and sweet vermouth.
- rye whiskey and sweet vermouth
- sweet vermouth and the whiskey
- ounces of sweet vermouth
Examples
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" It's sweet vermouth, Mother."
Fiction book (1996) -
Every afternoon, 2.30, he pours himself a sweet vermouth and watches the soaps.
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And smooth as sweet vermouth
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Uh, sweet vermouth, rocks, with a twist, please.
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Uh, sweet vermouth, rocks, with a twist, please.
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Sweet vermouth on the rocks with a twist, please.
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Marietta is wearing a giant diamond ring on one hand, and the other hand is holding a Martini and Rossi sweet vermouth.
Fiction book (1990) -
MARIETTA PACE FORTUNE, a rich Southern woman around fifty, carries her Martini and Rossi sweet vermouth drink across the living room and answers the phone.
Fiction book (1990) -
Between the sweet vermouth and the whiskey, the voluminous notebook of poetry, a florid sticker on the cover.
Fiction book (1995) -
I enjoy a refreshing cocktail made with sweet vermouth, gin, and a twist of lemon.
Synonyms
A sweet, dark wine from Italy with extra alcohol used in cocktails
How Sweet
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Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward adjective + noun combination: 'sweet' modifies 'vermouth', so the phrase denotes a vermouth that is sweet. A B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer it is a sweet, fortified wine used in cocktails (details like color or specific flavorings are additional but not required to understand the basic meaning).
Etymology
The noun sweet vermouth comes from old wines that were flavored with the bitter herb 'wormwood', and the word vermouth comes from that herb. People later added sugar and stronger wine to make it sweet and last longer, so today sweet vermouth means a sweet, herb-flavored wine used in cocktails.