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bourbon

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bourbon.

Editorial note

Corn -> corn mash -> fermented corn mash -> ethanol -> bourbon -> aged bourbon 40 acres of corn gets you nowhere.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A whiskey distilled from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. Made in the United States.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bourbon gathered in one view.

noun

A whiskey distilled from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. Made in the United States.

noun

A serving of bourbon whiskey.

noun

A Bourbon biscuit.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bourbon.

noun

A whiskey distilled from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. Made in the United States.

noun

A serving of bourbon whiskey.

noun

A Bourbon biscuit.

noun

A county in Kentucky, see Bourbon County.

Example sentences

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Corn -> corn mash -> fermented corn mash -> ethanol -> bourbon -> aged bourbon 40 acres of corn gets you nowhere.

2

Once all elements are ascertained and understood, some fear it may be a short step to producing synthetic aged bourbon.

3

I don't see anyone mourning the loss of the Bourbon Democrats or tariff acts, but suffice to say they aren't here anymore.

4

Hearing a lot about bourbon lately but haven't tried it.

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>- Average wages for traded/export industries, such as Kentucky bourbon, are higher than for local industries, like hospitals.

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- Average wages for traded/export industries, such as Kentucky bourbon, are higher than for local industries, like hospitals.

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For ~$30 you might start to get drinkable bourbon.

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And now I'm off to pour some more bourbon in my coffee.

9

I removed bootstrap at work (in favor of Bourbon and Neat).

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Others make Bourbon with charred wood chips.

11

Most people get their jobs from contacts, friends, even casual acquaintances -- I got a job lead from a guy at a bar in LA after we started talking about bourbon.

12

De Villiers' willingness to do product placement sees him go through Cointreau, Gaston de Lagrange cognac, the ubiquitous Moet 1964, and one of the more popular brands of American bourbon (ends around the 20th book if I recall well).

Quote examples

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In a marked note of irony, Pappy Van Winkle is oft-regarded as the best bourbon around, so people tend to consider "close enough to Pappy" as being a fantastic bourbon.

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Submitted title was "A Bourbon Shortage Is Coming".

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“You could go to the lab and say, ‘I’m going to take one part per billion of this and one part per billion of this and three parts per billion of that, I’m going to put it all in a test tube, and I’m going to make the perfect bourbon based on our research,’ ” says Brown.

Proper noun examples

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Bourbon and sherry have traditionally been popular choices, but wine, port, cognac and rum barrels are also being used recently.

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Also, they used Neat/Bourbon as their css framework!

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bourbon in a sentence?

Corn -> corn mash -> fermented corn mash -> ethanol -> bourbon -> aged bourbon 40 acres of corn gets you nowhere.

What does bourbon mean?

A whiskey distilled from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. Made in the United States.

What part of speech is bourbon?

bourbon is commonly used as noun.