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• Bitter — can refer to: * Bitterness, one of the five basic tastes * Bitter (beer), a kind of ale particularly popular in Britain * Bitters, an herbal preparation now used mostly in cocktails * Bitter Cars, a German car company * Bitterness, an emotion… …   Wikipedia

• bitter — 01. This medicine is very [bitter] tasting. 02. Winter in Alaska is long and [bitterly] cold. 03. Her mother is very [bitter] over her divorce. 04. The soccer game was a [bitterly] fought match between two teams that have always hated each other …   Grammatical examples in English

• bitter — bit|ter1 [ bıtər ] adjective ** 1. ) feeling angry or upset because of a bad experience, especially when you think that you have been treated unfairly: bitter about: I m still bitter about the whole affair. a ) involving very angry feelings: a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bitter — I UK [ˈbɪtə(r)] / US [ˈbɪtər] adjective ** 1) feeling angry or upset because of a bad experience, especially when you think that you have been treated unfairly bitter about: I m still bitter about the whole affair. a) involving very angry… …   English dictionary

• bitter*/ — [ˈbɪtə] adj I 1) angry or upset because you think that you have been treated unfairly I m still bitter about the whole affair.[/ex] 2) involving very angry feelings a bitter dispute[/ex] 3) making you feel very unhappy or disappointed It was a… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• bitter herb — noun 1. : an annual centaury (Centaurium umbellatum) with purplish rose flowers in dense clusters 2. : turtlehead 3. : a salad usually of horseradish and sometimes supplemented by cos lettuce eaten during the seder of Passover as maror with… …   Useful english dictionary

• bitter herb — 1. an Old World herb, Centaurium erythraea, used dried in medicine as a tonic. 2. the turtlehead, Chelone glabra, used in medicine as a tonic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. 3. Judaism. an herb that tastes bitter, as horseradish, traditionally… …   Universalium

• bitter lemon — noun tart lemon flavored carbonated drink • Hypernyms: ↑soft drink * * * bitter lemon noun A lemon flavoured soft drink • • • Main Entry: ↑bitter * * * bitter lemon UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [ …   Useful english dictionary

• Taste — (or, more formally, gustation) is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food and poisons. In humans and many other vertebrate animals the… …   Wikipedia

• Wine and food matching — A pairing of Vin jaune with walnuts and Comte cheese. Wine and food matching is the process of pairing food dishes with wine to enhance the dining experience. In many cultures, wine has had a long history of being a staple at the dinner table and …   Wikipedia

• taste — n. & v. n. 1 a the sensation characteristic of a soluble substance caused in the mouth and throat by contact with that substance (disliked the taste of garlic). b the faculty of perceiving this sensation (was bitter to the taste). 2 a small… …   Useful english dictionary