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RATAFEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ratafee mean?
• RATAFEE (noun)
The noun RATAFEE has 1 sense:
1. sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds
Familiarity information: RATAFEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
ratafee; ratafia
Hypernyms ("ratafee" is a kind of...):
cordial; liqueur (strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal)
Meronyms (substance of "ratafee"):
brandy (distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice)
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