Definition of vermouth in English: vermouth
Pronunciation /vəˈmuːθ/ /ˈvəːməθ/ noun mass noun A red or white wine flavoured with aromatic herbs, chiefly made in France and Italy and drunk mixed with gin.
Example sentences
‘These oils are used in making perfume and in imparting a muscatel flavor to wines, vermouths, and liqueurs.’ ‘Deglaze the pan with the Armagnac and vermouth and simmer until almost dry.’ ‘This bill covers dessert wine, sherry, vermouth, port - the drinks of the matriarchs, shall we say.’ ‘Whites were sent to Turin to be distilled into vermouth.’ ‘Ransack your cupboards for Angostura Bitters, vermouth and lime juice, and prepare the tall glasses.’ ‘In the act of micturition, there was a sense of pouring vermouth into an ice-filled cocktail shaker.’ ‘For the sweet vermouth, use the bianco, or white variety.’ ‘Deglaze with the white wine and vermouth and reduce slightly.’ ‘You add wine, vermouth, chicken stock, a bay leaf, fresh thyme, black peppercorns and an onion cut into 8 wedges.’ ‘Fred disobeys the head nurse, asking the porter to go out and buy him some wine and vermouth, which he hides under his bed.’ ‘So many herbs and spices are now used to flavour fortified wines that the definition of vermouth is necessarily elastic.’ ‘Add the Noilly Prat or vermouth and Pernod, then cook until reduced right down.’ ‘I mean I got right up into the tv screen and looked specifically for those tears to fall and nada, nothing, dry as a martini with no vermouth.’ ‘Pour the vodka and dry vermouth over ice into a shaker, stir well and strain into the glasses.’ ‘Our Manhattan Chicken is made with a sauce that contains rye whiskey and sweet vermouth.’ ‘I was passing a side-street and found about 9 people pulling sealed wine and vermouth bottles out of a garbage bin on the street.’ ‘Heat until boiling, then add the wine or vermouth and lower the heat.’ ‘Add the herbs and wine or vermouth and boil briskly until the liquid has almost evaporated.’ ‘Like Sherry or Madeira, vermouth is a beverage that originated as a type of wine and ended up as a fortified wine cross breed.’ ‘The Rosmarino starts with the rosemary vodka, dry vermouth and a hint of Pernod, served ice cold with a caper berry.’ Origin From French vermout, from German Wermut ‘wormwood’.
Pronunciation vermouth /vəˈmuːθ/ /ˈvəːməθ/