Vocabulary-01

Unit 11 :
Making Bar Drinks

Vocabulary

Let’s learn about bar vocabularies.

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Part 1

1. box /bɑːks/
(n)
pouring the ingredients of a mixed drink into a shaker once (without shaking or stirring the mixture) and then pouring it into a glass to be served

2. build /bɪld/
(v)  the act of making a drink ingredient by ingredient in the order that is required by the recipe

3. chill /tʃɪl/
(v) to (cause to) become cold but not freeze

4. dash /dæʃ/
(n) a small amount of something added to or mixed with something else

5. flame /fleɪm/
(n) a stream of hot, burning gas  from something on fire

6. float /floʊt/
(v) to (cause to) move easily through, or along the surface of a liquid, or to (cause to) move easily through air

7. frost /frɑːst/
(n) the thin, white layer of ice that forms when the air temperature is below the freezing point of water, especially outside at night 

8. garnish /ˈɡɑːr.nɪʃ/
(v) to decorate food with a small amount of different food

9. muddle /ˈmʌd.əl/
(v) to combine ingredients (by mixing or crushing them) in the bottom of a glass usually before adding the rest of the ingredients to finish the drink

10. rim /rɪm/
(n)
the outer, often curved or circular, edge of something

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Part 2

11. rinse /rɪns/
(v) coating the inside of an empty glass with a liquid before pouring the main drink into the glass so as to impart the flavor of that liquid into the drink without the liquid overpowering the drink

12. shake /ʃeɪk/
(v) to move backwards and forwards or up and down in quick, short movements, or to make something or someone do this

13. stir /stɝː/
(v)
to mix a liquid or other substance by moving an object such as a spoon in a circular pattern

14. strain /streɪn/
(v) to separate liquid food from solid food, especially by pouring it through a utensil with small holes in it

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Exercise

Describe the picture below using some of the vocabulary that were discussed.

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