awamori en · NOUN
Etymology
From Japanese 泡盛 (awamori).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice via distillation.
Awamori, distilled only on Okinawa from ground Thai long-grain rice, is considered to be the best shochu. […] Good awamoris are stored in underground clay vessels for several years.
2008, André Dominé, Barbara E. Euler, Wolfgang Faßbender, Matthias Stelzig, translated by Ann Drummond, Rosemary Lawrey, and Katherine Taylor, “Shochu is everything”, in The Ultimate Bar Book: The World of Spirits and Cocktails, [Königswinter]: h.f.ullmann, →ISBN, […], page 431, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| awamoris | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fr awamori (Japanese beverage) · ja 泡盛 (Japanese beverage) · pl awamori (Japanese beverage) · pon aumwori (Japanese beverage)