Drinking
61drinking fountain — noun a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water • Syn: ↑water fountain, ↑bubbler • Derivationally related forms: ↑bubble (for: ↑bubbler) • Hypernyms: ↑foun …
62drinking and alcoholism — A depressant intoxicant, the drinking of alcohol is a popular practice in the leisure time of most cultures; it is also held in regard as a key part of many religious and secular ceremonies and rituals . However, some cultures forbid alcohol use… …
63drinking fountain — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms drinking fountain : singular drinking fountain plural drinking fountains a piece of equipment in a public place that produces water for people to drink …
64drinking chocolate — noun a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot • Syn: ↑cocoa, ↑chocolate, ↑hot chocolate • Hypernyms: ↑beverage, ↑drink, ↑drinkable, ↑potable …
65drinking horn — ▪ vessel ceremonial vessel usually made from the horn of an ox or a buffalo or the tusk of an elephant, with mounts of metal. The earliest drinking horns date from around the early 7th century. The drinking horn was largely replaced by other,… …
66drinking games — In Chinese culture, ‘solitary drinking’ (he menjiu) is usually associated with depression, whereas wining and dining in a convivial social atmosphere, often denoted by the term renao, literally ‘hot and noisy’, is much preferred. Drinking games… …
67drinking-horn — noun A drinking vessel made from the horn of an animal. He put down his sword and helmet and took the drinking horn that was served to him, and finished it …
68drinking-bout — noun A period of drinking, especially one involving intensive alcohol consumption. The poet Dylan Thomas, a regular, died after a drinking bout there in 1953 …
69drinking song — noun a song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties • Hypernyms: ↑song, ↑vocal …
70drinking straw — noun a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth • Syn: ↑straw • Hypernyms: ↑tube, ↑tubing * * * ˈdrinking straw [drinking straw] noun …
