Sour

  • 111sour salt — sour′ salt′ n. chem. crystals of citric acid used as a flavoring in foods, carbonated beverages, and pharmaceuticals • Etymology: 1955–60 …

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  • 112sour cream — ► NOUN ▪ cream deliberately fermented by adding certain bacteria …

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  • 113sour cherry — n. 1. a cherry tree (Prunus cerasus) bearing acid fruits that are usually used in cooking, preserves, etc. 2. this fruit …

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  • 114sour cream — n. cream soured and thickened naturally or by adding a lactobacillus culture, for use in cooking, dressings, dips, etc …

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  • 115sour gourd — n. 1. an Australian tree (Adansonia gregorii) of the bombax family with a gourdlike fruit 2. its woody fruit, with acid pulp and large seeds 3. BAOBAB …

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  • 116sour mash — ☆ sour mash n. a grain mash made with some mash from an earlier run, used in distilling some whiskeys …

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  • 117sour orange — n. 1. an orange tree (Citrus aurantium) widely grown as a rootstock for grafting other citrus trees 2. its fruit, used in making marmalade …

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  • 118sour salt — ☆ sour salt n. crystals of citric acid or tartaric acid, used in flavoring foods, in pharmaceuticals, etc …

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  • 119sour|dine — «sur DEEN», noun. Music. 1. a mute, as for a trumpet. 2. a small violin, used formerly by dance teachers. ╂[< French sourdine < Italian sordina sordino (diminutive) < sordo, sorda deaf, muted] …

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  • 120sour|puss — «SOWR PUS», noun. U.S. Informal. a sullen or surly person; grouch: »One sourpuss…grumbled…that the company was probably infiltrated with spies (Saturday Review) …

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