cocktail

cocktail
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. mixed drink; martini, old-fashioned, daiquiri, etc.; salad, appetizer. See food, drinking.
II
(Roget's IV) n. Types of cocktails include: Manhattan, martini, Gibson, gimlet, old-fashioned, champagne, sidecar, horse's neck, Margarita, Bronx, pink lady, whisky sour, black Russian, white Russian, orange blossom, pi?a colada, mai tai, mimosa, Rob Roy, Sazerac, blue blazer, old Hickory, Vieux Carr?, green opal, jitters, Daiquiri, Bloody Mary, screwdriver, Tom Collins, mint julep, orange blossom, Roffignac, Alexander, wassail, toddy, syllabub; see drink 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
mixed drink, beverage, aperitif. see alcohol, drink, glass, liqueur, wine
WORD FIND
• bourbon, bitters, soda, sugar: old-fashioned
• bourbon, boiling water, sugar, cloves, cinnamon: hot toddy
• bourbon, mint leaves, syrup: mint julep
• gin, cherry brandy, lemon, club soda, powdered sugar: Singapore sling
• gin, club soda, lime and ice: gin rickey
• gin, cream, crème de cacao, nutmeg garnish: Alexander
• gin, grenadine, cream: pink lady
• gin, rum, tequila, vodka: Long Island iced tea
• gin, rum, scotch,white crème de cacao, light cream: Barbary Coast
• gin, vermouth, olive: martini
• glass: cocktail glass, cooler, delmonico, highball, shot glass, snifter, wine glass
• Irish whiskey, hot coffee, whipped cream: Irish coffee
• Kahlúa, cream: sombrero
• peach schnapps, vodka, pineapple juice, cranberry juice: sex on the beach
• red wine, fruit juice and brandy: sangria
• rum, orange juice, sour mix, grenadine: shark bite
• rum, pineapple juice, coconut cream: pina colada
• rum, sweet and sour: Daiquiri
• rum, vodka, brandy, bourbon, lime: tidal wave
• Scotch, drambuie: rusty nail
• Scotch, vermouth, cherry garnish: Rob Roy
• sloe gin, Southern Comfort, orange juice: slow comfortable screw
• sloe gin, sweet and sour, soda, cherry garnish: sloe gin fizz
• tequila, orange juice, grenadine: tequila sunrise tequila, sweet and sour, rim of glass frosted
• with salt: Margarita
• vodka, beef bouillon: bull shot
• vodka, Kahlúa: black Russian
• vodka, orange juice, Galliano: Harvey Wallbanger
• vodka, orange juice: screwdriver
• vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, lime juice: cosmopolitan
• vodka, triple sec curacao, lime juice: Kamikaze
• vodka, worcestershire sauce, tomato juice: Bloody Mary
• whiskey, ginger ale: highball
• whiskey, sweet and sour, cherry: whiskey sour
• whiskey, vermouth with cherry: Manhattan

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