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bitters

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noun

Say it like: Bit-ter-s

The correct spelling is bitters. (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.(usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
  2. 2.A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
  3. 3.A turn of a cable about the bitts.
  4. 4.(in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
  5. 5.A liquid used in mixed drinks or as a tonic into which bitter herbs have been steeped (it can also be found in powdered form for adding to mixed drinks).

verb

  1. 1.To make bitter.

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