Synonyms:
vinegar, acetum
Meaning: sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
Usage examples
Pour over 1 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of hot water.
Drain, wipe dry, and soak for an hour in a marinade of oil and vinegar.
Clean a small turbot and marinate for an hour in seasoned oil and vinegar or lemon-juice.
Rub the venison with salt, pepper, vinegar, cloves and allspice; then put in a baking-pan.
Rub with a marinade of oil and vinegar, cover, and bake with enough water to keep from burning.
Brown half a cupful of butter, add tarragon vinegar to taste, and pepper, salt, and minced parsley to season.
Add 1 chopped onion and stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour until brown; add some cold water mixed with vinegar.
Bread, at least, will be given, and not a stone; water, at least, will be sure, and not vinegar mingled with gall.
Put in a buttered baking-pan, pour in one cupful of vinegar, and bake until done, basting with butter and hot water.
To make a good dark slate color, boil sugar-loaf paper with vinegar, in an iron utensil--put in alum to set the color.