rice-wine
Definition
Noun (mass noun): A fermented alcoholic beverage made from rice, typically consumed in East and Southeast Asian cultures. It is produced by fermenting rice starch using yeast or mold cultures.
Usage Examples
- (A fermented drink made from rice, served heated.)
- (Rice-wine used as a cooking ingredient.)
- (A well-known variety of this beverage.)
Advanced Usage
"Rice-wine vinegar": a vinegar made from fermented rice-wine, used in Asian cuisine.
- Add a tablespoon of rice-wine vinegar to the dressing for a mild acidity. (A type of vinegar derived from rice-wine.)
"Sweet rice-wine": a sweeter, lower-alcohol version of rice-wine, often used in desserts.
- They drizzled sweet rice-wine over the fruit salad. (A sugary variant of rice-wine.)
Variants and Related Words
- Rice-wine (n): the standard term for the beverage.
- Rice wine (n): an alternative spelling (usually without a hyphen).
- Sake (n): a specific Japanese rice-wine (though technically a brewed beverage, often classified as rice-wine).
- Mijiu (n): a Chinese rice-wine (often used for cooking or drinking).
- Makgeolli (n): a Korean milky rice-wine.
Synonyms
- Rice alcohol: a general term for alcoholic beverages derived from rice.
- Fermented rice drink: a descriptive synonym for rice-wine.
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