SCOTCH


Meaning of SCOTCH in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

double

There was an unwonted gaiety in her manner as if the superintendent had spent the morning swallowing double Scotches .

Terror won, and she downed the proffered double Scotch in one go.

Lastly, but not least - A Double Scotch !

Sheridan Lorrimore, who was sitting at a table apart from his parents, demanded I bring him a double Scotch at once.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Scotch and soda

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He drank neat Scotch and called the barmaid a fine filly.

He went to the bar and poured a large Scotch .

I handed Glen the glass with ice, pouring Scotch into it.

In Bangkok you can relax with Johnnie Walker, the world's most popular Scotch .

So did a lot of people - many the worse for drink and other things - from the Scotch of St James.

The almost empty bottle of Scotch was in keeping with Moore, and so was one glass.

II. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

whisky

Like Scotch whisky , the Highland takes time to ripen.

Entrance to the Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre.

Where such activities are undertaken in-house, they appear in this report in Scotch Whisky industry direct employment figures.

He had a bottle of Scotch whisky in his office; he poured a half tumblerful and drank it down.

It maintains a portfolio of leading brands of Scotch whisky , gin, bourbon, vodka, rum and other spirits.

Moreover, for these firms we have confined our analysis to their Scotch Whisky business.

Thus, Scotch Whisky company purchases of inputs constitute outputs for their immediate suppliers.

The outcome is that Scotch Whisky has been left to compete on distinctly unfavourable terms with imported wines.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At the end, Rakovsky opened a bottle of his favourite Scotch whisky and offered a drink to the young colonel.

But put it in a Scotch Whisky bottle, and the tax is 19.81p.

First, export information on the whisky industry is already published by the Scotch Whisky Association.

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