noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cocktail dress (= a formal dress but not usually a long one )
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She wore a little black cocktail dress.
a cocktail party (= a fairly formal party, at which alcoholic drinks are served )
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I first met him at a cocktail party at the American embassy.
cocktail bar
cocktail dress
cocktail lounge
cocktail party
cocktail shaker
cocktail stick
cocktail waitress
lethal cocktail
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a lethal cocktail of drink and pills
Molotov cocktail
shrimp cocktail
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
lethal
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In a flourish of biochemical altruism, they manufacture deadly molecules and then turn this lethal cocktail upon themselves.
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These lethal tinned cocktails are treated as soft drinks, as is beer.
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It probably illustrates it's a lethal cocktail of lorries and cars.
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After all, each state comprised an often lethal cocktail of peoples.
■ NOUN
bar
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It is only 500 metres from the centre of Dassia with its array of cocktail bars , pubs and discos.
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A cocktail bar , with two or three bar stools in front of it, took up the whole of one corner.
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The origins of the hotel are also apparent in the impressive entrance hall, cocktail bar and lounge.
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If the plans get the go-ahead the Inn will become a hotel, pub and nightclub with a restaurant and cocktail bar .
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The smart cocktail bar is an ideal meeting place with a pleasant atmosphere and the restaurant serves a good selection of food.
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The Krallerhof has several bars: the Kralleralm, two cocktail bars , and the igloo bar.
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They met in the cocktail bar of the Richemond.
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With the exception of brands like Janneau and Sempé, armagnac is rarely seen in duty-free lounges or glitzy cocktail bars .
cabinet
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He reached the cocktail cabinet and leaned over it to scoop up a couple of two-hundred-year-old goblets.
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One calls it a console and it looks much like an awful cocktail cabinet .
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Other lots of interest included: mahogany four door cocktail cabinet , £230.
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A new furniture shop with a three-piece suite in uncut moquette in the window next to a cocktail cabinet shiny as toffee.
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Shattered by this thought he had emptied the cocktail cabinet , only to spend the next day nursing a monumental hangover.
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The rest was just glasses and booze from Cliff's musical cocktail cabinet .
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Bunny dropped the lighter into a china vase in the cocktail cabinet in the prop-room and burnt the letter on the fire.
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As Juliet scurried shocked to the cocktail cabinet , Charles asked himself whether he was in fact an alcoholic.
dress
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Northern Whites Cream chenille sweaters, warm oatmeal jackets and ivory cocktail dresses guide the way into winter.
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And no, a little black cocktail dress will not do.
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Ruth shifted uncomfortably in her azure crêpe de Chine cocktail dress .
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Smart casual wear is quite in order for dinner time, but bring one cocktail dress for the Captain's cocktail party.
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I have seen her before, in a cocktail dress at some one's party, or at an exhibition perhaps.
hour
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I wonder what conjuring tricks he's planning for the cocktail hour .
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These fresh, naturally sweet flavors are also in favor among the cocktail hour set.
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He was having a cocktail hour with me.
lounge
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At the restaurant they were ushered into a small, extremely hot cocktail lounge .
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The gallery looks so much like a cocktail lounge you may be tempted to ask a guard for a martini.
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They oversee the hotels' restaurants, cocktail lounges , and banquet facilities.
party
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The technical supremo is Caroline Fawcett-Inne whose previous experience was organising a cocktail party in a punt one May Week.
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Economists who must put up with taunting at cocktail parties should re-member that the road to good intentions is paved with hell.
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Visit our two hotels for use of the swimming pool, showers and an evening cocktail party to meet the other crews.
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Dearest Timothy Miss Addison had a cocktail party , as she calls it, for four cats in the building.
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It was at a cocktail party in the prestigious Monomatapa Hotel.
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From his spot at the back of the church, from behind his linen-covered at the cocktail parties , Albert watched.
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She's giving a sort of cocktail party this evening and you're invited.
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But the big scene happens at a cocktail party in the home of a famous plastic surgeon.
prawn
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He broke off and ordered a prawn cocktail .
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Their prawn cocktails arrived, together with a carafe of hearty red wine.
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The first course was avocado with prawn cocktail dressing.
shaker
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Business and pleasure only mix when you're wielding the cocktail shaker .
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Automatic mops and aluminum cocktail shakers .
stick
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Remove the cocktail sticks from the salmon olives and place the olives on top of the sauce.
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For the dragonflies, mould small curved lengths and mark on segments with a cocktail stick .
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Roll the fillets up and secure with a cocktail stick .
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Roll one rasher around each prune and secure with a cocktail stick . 3.
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Mark lines of bandages on to the mummy's limbs and head with a pointed cocktail stick .
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Prop up with a cocktail stick from behind if necessary.
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Spread the skin side of each slice with the mustard, roll up and secure carefully with cocktail sticks .
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Etching - dip a cocktail stick in lemon juice or vinegar and scratch away the colour when the dyed egg is cold.
waitress
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Nobility could be found anywhere, and Charity allowed herself to feel faintly optimistic about her future as a cocktail waitress .
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Wilson makes a memorable cameo appearance showing some serious cleavage as a cocktail waitress who attempts to seduce Guy.
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Natalie Schneyder, 28, worked as a cocktail waitress until her legs objected.
■ VERB
use
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They are best used for cocktail savouries, but the cheaper mussels make a very tasty pasta sauce.
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It will test whether using a cocktail of five or more drugs is an improvement on three.
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Cooking with Capers Capers are often used to garnish cocktail savouries and canapés.
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It uses the successful cocktail of romance, family crises and big business.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He died after taking a lethal cocktail of alcohol and tranquilizers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I find that traditional cocktail foods are always very popular and Devils or Angels on Horseback are a guaranteed success.
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It will test whether using a cocktail of five or more drugs is an improvement on three.
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Johnnie cruised away with another tray of cocktails.
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Roll up carefully from head to tail and secure with one or two cocktail sticks. 3.
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There's this one: a woman sitting in a bar, wearing a cocktail outfit.
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Years ago, rooms would have a cocktail table that matched the end table and the sofa table.