BRANDY


Meaning of BRANDY in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ double , large

▪ single , small

▪ stiff , strong

a stiff ~ and soda( = containing a lot of brandy and not much soda )

▪ neat ( BrE ), straight ( AmE )

▪ cherry , plum , etc.

… OF BRANDY

▪ drop ( esp. BrE ), measure ( BrE ), shot , tot ( esp. BrE )

He added a shot of ~ to his coffee.

She poured herself a large measure of ~.

▪ bottle , flask , glass , snifter (= a glass) ( AmE )

VERB + BRANDY

▪ drink

Do you drink ~?

▪ have

I'll have some ~, please.

▪ pour (sb)

▪ sip

▪ gulp , swig

▪ down , finish

▪ distil , produce

BRANDY + NOUN

▪ bottle

▪ glass

He sat cradling his ~ glass.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .