VODKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vodka mean? 

• VODKA (noun)
  The noun VODKA has 1 sense:

1. unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VODKA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("vodka" is a kind of...):

booze; hard drink; hard liquor; John Barleycorn; liquor; spirits; strong drink (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)

Holonyms ("vodka" is a substance of...):

Bloody Mary (a cocktail made with vodka and spicy tomato juice)

bullshot (a cocktail made with vodka and beef bouillon or consomme)

vodka martini (martini made with vodka rather than gin)

screwdriver (a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice)

 Context examples 

Colourings and flavourings have been suggested as making hangovers worse, which might explain why, at the same alcohol concentration, Bourbon causes a more severe hangover than vodka.

(Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you’ll be hungover, University of Cambridge)