vinegar

/'vinigə/

Thân thiện

She adds a splash of vinegar to the salad dressing.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A sour-tasting liquid: A liquid condiment and preservative produced typically through the fermentation of ethanol in alcoholic liquids like wine, cider, or malt, resulting in acetic acid.
   • Dilute acetic acid: In a chemical context, it refers to a solution of acetic acid (typically 4-8% by volume) in water.

Usage

• As a condiment: Used to flavor or season food.
  • She sprinkled a little vinegar on her fish and chips.
• As a preservative: Used in pickling to prevent spoilage.
  • The cucumbers were preserved in vinegar to make pickles.
• In idiomatic expressions: Used metaphorically to describe a sour or sharp quality in personality or speech.
  • His reply was full of vinegar.

Examples

• Noun:
  • Balsamic vinegar is often used in salad dressings.
  • The recipe calls for two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar.
  • Cleaning with a solution of vinegar and water is a common natural remedy.

Advanced Usage

• "Full of vinegar": (idiom) Describing someone, often a child or elderly person, as energetic, lively, or spirited.
  • Despite his age, the old sailor was still full of vinegar.
• "Vinegar syndrome": A term used in film preservation referring to the chemical degradation of acetate film, which produces a vinegar-like smell.
  • The old film reels were suffering from vinegar syndrome.

Variants and Related Words

• Vinegary (adj): Having a sour taste or smell like vinegar; (figuratively) sour-tempered or sharp.
  • The sauce had a vinegary tang.
  • He was in a vinegary mood all morning.
• Vinegarish (adj): An alternative, less common form of 'vinegary'.

Synonyms

• Acetum (archaic/technical): The Latin-derived term for vinegar.
• Sour liquid: A descriptive synonym.

Antonyms

• Sweetener: A substance like sugar used to make things sweet, the opposite of a sour condiment.
• Neutralizer: A substance that counteracts acidity.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• As sour as vinegar: A simile describing something or someone as very sour or unpleasant.
  • Her expression was as sour as vinegar.
• To have a vinegar tongue: To have a sharp, critical, or unpleasant way of speaking.
  • The critic was known for his vinegar tongue.

Học thuật

Noun

1. dilute acetic acid
2. sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative

Từ đồng nghĩa

• acetum