cocktailnoun(DRINK)
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a drink, usually an alcoholic one, made by mixing two or more drinks together:
We were all in the bar sipping cocktails.
a champagne cocktail
a drink, usually an alcoholic one, made by mixing two or more drinks together:
We were all in the bar sipping cocktails.
a champagne cocktail
a mixture of different things, often an unexpected, dangerous, or exciting one:
The inquest heard that the guitarist died from a cocktail of drink and drugs.
Cars produce a lethal cocktail of gasses.
a cold dish, often eaten at the start of a meal, consisting of small pieces of food:
fruit cocktail
a prawn/seafood cocktail
a drink made by mixing two or more drinks together:
Would you like a cocktail?
A cocktail is also a mixture of different things:
The cocktail of drugs to treat TB is taken for six to nine months.
a small dish of particular foods sometimes eaten at the beginning of a meal:
[ C ] I’d like the shrimp cocktail, please.