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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 almondsplay

  Familiarity information: RATAFEE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RATAFEE (noun)


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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