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Vinegar

Definitions: Vinegar

Vinegar

Noun

1. Sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative.

2. Dilute acetic acid.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "vinegar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

 

Specialty Definitions: Vinegar

DomainDefinitions

Bible

Vinegar Heb. hometz, Gr. oxos, Fr. vin aigre; i.e., "sour wine." The Hebrew word is rendered vinegar in Ps. 69:21, a prophecy fulfilled in the history of the crucifixion (Matt. 27:34). This was the common sour wine (posea) daily made use of by the Roman soldiers. They gave it to Christ, not in derision, but from compassion, to assuage his thirst. Prov. 10:26 shows that there was also a stronger vinegar, which was not fit for drinking. The comparison, "vinegar upon nitre," probably means "vinegar upon soda" (as in the marg. of the R.V.), which then effervesces. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
 To use vinegar on vegetables, foretells a deepening of already distressing affairs.
To dream of vinegar at all times, denotes inharmonious and unfavorable aspects. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Literature

Vinegar (Hannibal's). Livy tells us that when Hannibal led his army over the Alps to enter Rome he used vinegar to dissolve the snow, and make the march less slippery. Of course this tradition is fabulous. Where did the vinegar come from? Nepos has left a short memoir of Hannibal, but says nothing about the vinegar. (Livy, B.C. 59 to A.D. 17; Nepos about the same time; Hannibal, B.C. 247-183.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Medicine

The liquid produced from a suitable starting raw material containing starch or sugar by the process of double fermentation, alcoholic and acetous, and which contains at least 4% w/v acetic acid. Source: European Union. (references)

Slang in 1811

VINEGAR. A name given to the person who with a whip in his hand, and a hat held before his eye, keeps the ring clear, at boxing-matches and cudgel-playing; also, in cant terms, a cloak. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Specialty Definition: Vinegar

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Vinegar (from Old French vinaigre "sour wine") is a sour liquid made from the oxidation of ethanol in wine, cider, beer, or the like. Vinegar is typically 3-5% by volume acetic acid, and natural vinegars also contain smaller amounts of tartaric acid, citric acid, and others.

Vinegar may be started by the addition of mother of vinegar to wine or cider. The oxidation is carried out by acetic acid bacteria, as was shown in 1864 by Louis Pasteur.

It is commonly used in food preparations, particularly in vinaigrettes, and in the pickling process. It is also used as a condiment. For example, the British and Americans commonly use malt vinegar on fish and chips.

Malt vinegar is made by malting barley, causing the starch in the grain to turn to sugar. An ale is then brewed from the sugar and allowed to turn into vinegar, which is then aged. A cheaper alternative, called 'non-brewed condiment', is a solution of 4-8% acetic acid coloured with caramel.

White vinegar can be made by distilling malt vinegar, or may be nothing more than a solution of acetic acid in water.

Italian balsamic vinegar, made around Modena in Italy from white Trebbiano grape juice, is used in salad dressings, ice cream, marinades and drinking. It is aged for several years in wooden barrels to give it a dark color and sweet flavour.

The Japanese prefer a more delicate rice vinegar and use it for much the same purposes as Europeans.

Vinegar is a folk medicine used in China to prevent the spread of virus such as SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and other pneumonia outbreaks:

"On February 13, 2003 news of a type of atypical pneumonia that appeared in six cities of south China's Guangdong province has been brought under control, with no cases reported since Monday. According to press conferences held by the Guangdong and Guangzhou governments, local governments at various levels have taken emergency measures to control the prices of isatis root, vinegar and other related anti-virus medicines, which saw soaring prices due to their effectiveness in curing this disease." Source Unknown

Vinegar along with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is used in livestock industry to kill bacteria and viruses before refrigeration storage. A chemical mixture of peracetic acid is formed when acetic acid is mixed with hydrogen peroxide. It is being used in some Asian countries by aerosol sprays for control of pneumonia. Usually of a 5% acetic acid and a 3% hydrogen peroxide is commonly used.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vinegar."

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Synonym: Vinegar

Synonym: acetum (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Vinegar

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Ugliness

Forbidding countenance, vinegar aspect, hanging look, wry face, "spretae injuria formae".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Vinegar

English words defined with "vinegar": Acetification, Acetimeter, Acetimetry, acetose, acetous, Acetous acid, Alegar, Anguillula aceti, Aromatic vinegarbeurre noisette, brown butter, brown onion sauceCaned, chili sauce, chili vinegar, chutney, cider vinegar, Coerulignone, crewet, cruetdill pickle, Distilled verdigrisEisel, emulsified, estragonFrench dressing, French dressing for fruit saladGraduator, GyleIndian relishJack backLyonnaise saucemarinade, mayonnaise, mint sauce, mother, Mother of vinegar, Mothery, mustard sauce, MycodermaOxycrate, Oxymel, OxyrrhodinePaste eel, pepper sauce, pickle, pickle barrelQuick vinegarRadical vinegarsauce vinaigrette, sauerbraten, sour, sourness, sweet pickle, Switcheltarragon, tartness, Thieves' vinegar, Turbatrix acetiVinagrous, vinaigrette, Vinegar eel, vinegar fly, Vinegar Joe Stilwell, Vinegar lamp, Vinegar plant, Vinegar tree, vinegar worm, vinegariness, vinegarishness, vinegaryWine vinegar, wood vinegar, Worcester sauce, Worcestershire, Worcestershire sauce. (references)
Specialty definitions using "vinegar": Black Strap, BRINE MAKER ICITRULLUS LANATUS, COBBLERS PUNCH, Cobbler's Punch, Cry Vinegar, CYCLANTHERA PEDATA, CYCNOCHES TONDUZIIDiacetylHoney better than Vinegar, horseradish grinder, HORSERADISH MAKERlettuceOLIVE BRINE TESTERPICKLES, pickling-solution makerrecirculatory-type vinegar generator, RefreshmentsSCRATCH PLATTER, spirit vinegar, spirits of vinegar, storage brine worker, storage laborerTAYLOR'S RAGOUTVinegar, vinegar bacteriaAcetobacter, Vinegar Bible, vinegar generator, VINEGAR MAKER, VITIS TILIAEFOLIAWexford Bridge MassacreZukurate. (references)
Etymologies containing "vinegar": Acetabulum, Acetarious, Acetate, Acetic, Acetous, Acetyl, AlegarVinagrous, Vinaigrette, Vinegarroon. (references)

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Modern Usage: Vinegar

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The blood would mix with the meat, and we'd have to leave it in vinegar for the whole night! (Troll 2; writing credit: Claudio Fragasso)

You know, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Although, I don't know why you'd want to catch flies. (Andromeda; writing credit: John Cranna)

I'd like the chef salad please with oil and vinegar on the side, and the apple pie a la mode. (When Harry Met Sally...; writing credit: Nora Ephron.)

Lyrics

Leave 'em with a taste sour as vinegar in they mouth ("Cleanin' Out My Closet"; performing artist: Eminem)

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Commercial Usage: Vinegar

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Salt and Vinegar Standard Crisps (reference)

  • The World Market for Vinegar and Vinegar Substitutes Obtained from Acetic Acid: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

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Familiar Quotations: Vinegar

AuthorQuotation

Benjamin Franklin

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

Marguerite Gardiner Blessington

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.

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Use in Literature: Vinegar

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

A drop of vinegar in a spoonful of flour supplied the (r)fiat lux . Suppose the drop greater and the spoonful larger, and you have the world.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Next I saw Hannibal passing the Alps, who told me he had not a drop of vinegar in his camp.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Vinegar

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Use vinegar, lemon juice, or low-calorie salad dressings instead. (references)

Economic History

Netherlands

Starting with just 30 organic private label products, Albert Heijn now offers over 150 different organic products including bread, eggs, organic juice, wine, coffee, vinegar, jam, cookies and poultry meat. (references)

Bahrain

High value U.S. food and beverage products with strong market potential in Bahrain include processed fruits and vegetables; beer; frozen poultry parts; fresh apples and pears; snack foods; breakfast cereals; frozen beef; tree nuts, particularly almonds; dairy products, particularly cheeses; fruit and vegetable juices; packaged rice; dry pulses and miscellaneous food products, particularly hot sauces, salad dressings, catsup, mayonnaise, vinegar, iodized salt, frozen dough mixes and coffee whiteners. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

According to the organization, one prisoner's left arm was broken and another prisoner, Wilson Pereira da Silva, was beaten severely; police then threw a mixture of vinegar, water, and salt on his wounds. (references)

Trade

Italy

Imports of certain commodities such as packaged foods, distilled spirits, beer, wine, vinegar and foodstuffs are subject to special regulations regarding the manner in which they must be labeled to show manufacturer, composition, content (in metric units), and country of origin. (references)

Honduras

The following products are excluded from this requirement: alcoholic beverages containing 10 percent or more of alcohol by volume, bakery products which due to their nature are generally consumed within 24 hours of the time they were produced, vinegar, salt, chewing gum, fresh fruits and vegetables. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

LETTUCE, n. An herb of the genus Lactuca, "Wherewith," says that pious gastronome, Hengist Pelly, "God has been pleased to reward the good and punish the wicked. For by his inner light the righteous man has discerned a manner of compounding for it a dressing to the appetency whereof a multitude of gustible condiments conspire, being reconciled and ameliorated with profusion of oil, the entire comestible making glad the heart of the godly and causing his face to shine. But the person of spiritual unworth is successfully tempted to the Adversary to eat of lettuce with destitution of oil, mustard, egg, salt and garlic, and with a rascal bath of vinegar polluted with sugar. Wherefore the person of spiritual unworth suffers an intestinal pang of strange complexity and raises the song."

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Spoken Usage: Vinegar

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Martha Stewart

You have to grow the rice. You have to make the rice wine vinegar to put in the rice. You have to catch the fish. You have to learn how to cut it up. It's a lot more complicated than it looks.

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Usage Frequency: Vinegar

"Vinegar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.83% of the time. "Vinegar" is used about 284 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)96.83%27517,685
Lexical Verb (infinitive)1.76%5157,705
Lexical Verb (base form)1.06%3202,518
Noun (proper)0.35%1339,140
                    Total100.00%284N/A

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Name Usage Frequency: Vinegar

The following table summarizes the usage of "vinegar" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
VinegarLast name17044,971
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Expression: Vinegar

Expressions using "vinegar": add vinegar aromatic vinegar chili vinegar cider vinegar dressed with oil and vinegar mother of vinegar quick vinegar radical vinegar salad with oil and vinegar spirit vinegar the vinegar of his words Thieves' vinegar vinegar aspect vinegar bacteria"Acetobacter" Vinegar Bend vinegar can vinegar eel vinegar essence vinegar face vinegar fly vinegar generator vinegar Joe Stilwell vinegar lamp vinegar plant vinegar sause vinegar tree vinegar worm wine vinegar wood vinegar. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "vinegar": vinegar-making, vinegar-pisser, vinegar-soaked, vinegar-tasting.

Ending with "vinegar": wine-vinegar.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vinegar

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

apple cider vinegar

1,216

cider vinegar diet

30

vinegar

693

white vinegar

28

apple cider vinegar diet

231

oil and vinegar cruet

28

balsamic vinegar

187

vinegar for health

27

use for vinegar

175

vinegar weight loss

25

vinegar diet

104

apple cider vinegar health benefit

25

apple cider vinegar and weight loss

87

oil and vinegar

24

apple and cider and vinegar and benefit

84

bottle oil vinegar

24

cider vinegar

81

making vinegar

22

apple cider vinegar pill

80

balsamic vinegar recipe

21

apple cider vinegar tablet

65

red wine vinegar

21

cleaning with vinegar

58

apple vinegar

20

allergy bladder bowels cancer de detoxification energy far fir,therapy infrared kidney li liver lung pouch shu skin skin tox toxins vinegar wood

47

benefit of vinegar

19

vinegar bottle

40

killer vinegar weed

19

apple cidar vinegar

38

vinegar recipe

19

cider vinegar tablet

35

essence from vinegar wine

18

vinegar joe

34

apple cider enhanced vinegar

18

vinegar baking soda

34

vinegar pill

18

sunburn vinegar

32

honey vinegar

18

use for apple cider vinegar

30

oil and vinegar dressing

17
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Modern Translations: Vinegar

Language Translations for "vinegar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

asyn. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

uthull. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مرارة (bitter, bitterish, bitterness, gall, grief, soreness, wormwood), ‏نكد (chafe, distemper, fractious, grouchiness, moodiness, moody, peevish, pettish, petulant, querulous, somber, sombre, splenetic, sulk, sullen, testy, vex), ‏خل (pickle). (various references)

   

Asturian

  

vinagre. (various references)

   

Bavarian

  

essig. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), кисел (acetous, acid, acidulated, acidulous, crabbed, crabby, disgruntled, grouchy, grumpy, humpy, ill-humored, ill-humoured, liverish, livery, peeved, pettish, petulant, querulous, sour, tart, vinegary), оцетен (acetic), оцет, намръщеност, живост (activity, agility, alertness, brio, esprit, ginger, jazz, liveliness, mercuriality, mobility, nervousness, pep, punch, snap, sprightliness, spunk, vitality, vivacity, vividness, volatility, zap), енергичност (activity, jazz, virility). (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

suka. (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

binakle. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

. (various references)

   

Czech

  

ocet, naoctovat. (various references)

   

Danish

  

edikke. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

edik. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

vinagro. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

edikur. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

سرکه (Pickle). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ettika. (various references)

   

French

  

vinaigre (spirit vinegar). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

jittik. (various references)

   

German

  

Essig (pickled). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ξύδι. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חומץ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ecet. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

cuka (acid). (various references)

   

Italian

  

aceto (pickle, spirit vinegar). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

, "ニル樹脂 (beaver, beefsteak, beer garden, beer hall, before service, behaviour, behaviourism, behind, bibliography, bibliomania, bivouac, chatter mark, Lactobacillus bifidus, vibraphone, vibrato, vinyl resin, vinylon, vivid). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

(beehive, breeding place, cobweb, den, haunt, nest, rookery, sandbank), "ネガー . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

식초. (various references)

   

Macedonian

  

ocet. (various references)

   

Manx

  

feeyn geayr. (various references)

   

Mohawk

  

yotsi'tsyatken. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

eddik. (various references)

   

Papago

  

wi-nahl. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

binager. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inegarvay

   

Portuguese

  

vinagre (acetic acid, pickle, spirit vinegar). (various references)

   

Provencal

  

vinagre. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

oţet. (various references)

   

Romansch

  

aschieu. (various references)

   

Romany

  

shoot. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уксус (vinigar). (various references)

   

Samoan

  

vineta. (various references)

   

Sepedi

  

asene. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sirće. (various references)

   

Sicilian

  

acitu. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vinagre. (various references)

   

Sranan

  

asin. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ättika. (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

suka. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

suratsızlık (grouchiness, grumpiness, grumps, moroseness, sourness), somurtkanlık (grumpiness, grumps, morosity, sulk, sulkiness, sulks, sullenness, surliness), sirke (nit), kuvvet (beef, command, dint, energy, exponent, force, lustiness, main, might, pith, potency, power, punch, robustness, sinew, stamina, strength, thews, vigor, vigour, vis, zing), enerji (drive, energy, guts, kick, pep, pith, power, snap, steam, verve, vigor, vigour, vim). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

оцтовий (acetic, acetous, vinegary), оцет. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

khó chịu (accursed, accurst, annoyed, beastly, colour, devil, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, incommodious, nasty, noisome, obnoxious, obtrusive, plaguesome, queer, tiresome, unacceptable, unpleasant, unpleasing, vile). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gwinegr, finegr. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Vinegar

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

acetum. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Vinegar

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 23, Verse 36
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEnepaizon de autw kai oi stratiwtai prosercomenoi kai oxoV prosferonteV autw
Latin405VulgateInludebant autem ei et milites accedentes et acetum offerentes illi
Old English990West SaxonAnd þa cempan hine by s mredon and him eced brohton
Middle English1395WyclifAnd the knyytis neiyeden, and scorneden hym, and profreden vynegre to hym,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThe soudiers also mocked him and came and gave him veneger
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
Basic English1964OgdenAnd the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine,

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Matched Bible Translations: Vinegar

LanguageLuke Chapter 23, Verse 36
CebuanoUg siya gibugal-bugalan usab sa mga sundalo nga nanagpanuol ug mihatag kaniya suka,
CroatianIzrugivali ga i vojnici, prilazili mu i nudili ga octom
DanishMen også Stridsmændene spottede ham, idet de trådte til, rakte ham Eddike og sagde:
DutchEn ook de krijgsknechten, tot Hem komende, bespotten Hem, en brachten Hem edik;
FinnishMyös sotamiehet pilkkasivat häntä, menivät hänen luoksensa ja tarjosivat hänelle hapanviiniä
FrenchLes soldats aussi se moquaient de lui; s`approchant et lui présentant du vinaigre,
GermanEs verspotteten ihn auch die Kriegsknechte, traten zu ihm und brachten ihm Essig
HungarianCsúfolák pedig õt a vitézek is, odajárulván és eczettel kínálván õt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPrajurit-prajurit pun mengejek Dia. Mereka datang dan memberi anggur asam kepada-Nya
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka segala laskar itu pun datang mengolok-olokkan Dia juga, serta membawakan Dia cuka,
ItalianAnche i soldati lo schernivano, e gli si accostavano per porgergli dell'aceto, e dicevano:
MaoriKo nga hoia etahi i taunu ki a ia, ka haere mai me te kawe mai he winika ki a ia,
NorwegianOgså stridsmennene hånte ham, de gikk bort til ham og rakte ham eddik og sa:
PortugueseOs soldados também o escarneciam, chegando-se a ele, oferecendo-lhe vinagre,   
RumanianOstawii de asemenea kwi bqteau joc de El; se apropiau, Ki dqdeau oyet,
RussianфБЛЦЕ Й ЧПЙОЩ ТХЗБМЙУШ ОБ" оЙН, П"ИП"С Й П"ОПУС еНХ ХЛУХУ
ShuarSuntarsha Niin wishikrarmiayi. Tariar Churuínian aartai tusar awajiarmiayi.
SpanishTambién los soldados le escarnecían, acercándose, ofreciéndole vinagre
SwahiliAskari nao walimdhihaki pia; walimwendea wakampa siki
SwedishOckså krigsmännen gingo fram och begabbade honom och räckte honom ättikvin
UmaTantara-tantara wo'o mpopo'ore' -i. Ramohui' -i pai' rapopo'inui-i anggur to mo'onco,

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Derivations & Misspellings: Vinegar

Derivations

Words beginning with "vinegar": vinegared, vinegarish, vinegars, vinegary. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Vinegar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Binegar, Kinnegar, Kinneger, Venegas, Viega, Vigneau, Vihear, vinagar, vineger, vinergar, vinigar. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Vinegar"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "vinegar" (pronounced vi"nuger)
3-u g erArmiger.

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Anagrams: Vinegar

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: reaving.

Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-r-v"

-1 letter: earing, gainer, graven, naiver, ravine, raving, reagin, regain, regina, rivage, vainer.

-2 letters: aiver, anger, ganev, garni, given, giver, grain, grave, invar, naevi, naive, range, raven, ravin, regna, reign, renig, riven, vegan, virga.

-3 letters: ager, agin, airn, aver, earn, gaen, gain, gane, gave, gear, gien, girn, give, gnar, gran, grin, nave, near, nevi, rage.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-r-v"
 

+1 letter: averring, averting, grievant, havering, raveling, ravening, repaving, vinegars, vinegary, vintager, wavering.

 

+2 letters: adverting, averaging, beavering, bereaving, caverning, clavering, cravening, depraving, engraving, grapevine, graveling, grievance, grievants, laveering, marveling, overawing, pervading, quavering, ravelings, ravelling, ravenings, reavowing, reshaving, revaluing, revamping, revealing, reweaving, slavering, traveling, vinegared, vintagers.

 

+3 letters: aggrieving, caregiving, crevassing, enervating, engravings, galvanizer, generative, grapevines, gravelling, grievances, harvesting, invigorate, leveraging, margravine, marvelling, overacting, overbaking, overdaring, overeating, overhating, overlading, overlaying, overpaying, overrating, oversaving, overtaking, overtaxing, palavering, prevailing, ravellings, reavailing, reinvading, renovating, starveling, travelling, traversing, unraveling, unwavering, vagrancies, vegetarian, velarizing, venerating, vernissage, vinegarish, waveringly.

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Alternative Orthography: Vinegar


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

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Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01101001 01101110 01100101 01100111 01100001 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#105 &#110 &#101 &#103 &#97 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0069 006E 0065 0067 0061 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

56758071736784

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Orthography
22. Bibliography


  

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