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CLARET CUP

Dictionary entry overview: What does claret cup mean?

• CLARET CUP (noun)
The noun CLARET CUP has 1 sense:

1. a punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit

Familiarity information: CLARET CUP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLARET CUP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("claret cup" is a kind of...):

cup (a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl)

Meronyms (substance of "claret cup"):

brandy (distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice)

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