COCKTAIL


Meaning of COCKTAIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒkteɪl ]

( cocktails)

1.

A cocktail is an alcoholic drink which contains several ingredients.

On arrival, guests are offered wine or a champagne cocktail...

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2.

A cocktail is a mixture of a number of different things, especially ones that do not go together well.

The court was told she had taken a cocktail of drugs and alcohol...

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3.

see also fruit cocktail , prawn cocktail , Molotov cocktail

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