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Vinegar vs Cruet - What's the difference?

vinegar | cruet |

As nouns the difference between vinegar and cruet

is that vinegar is (uncountable) a sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid while cruet is a small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.

As a verb vinegar

is to season with vinegar .

vinegar

English

(wikipedia vinegar)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
  • (countable) Any variety of vinegar.
    • a range of herb-flavoured vinegars

    Derived terms

    * apple cider vinegar * aromatic vinegar * balsamic vinegar * cane vinegar * champagne vinegar * chili vinegar * Chinese red vinegar * cider vinegar * coconut vinegar * fruit vinegar * full of piss and vinegar * herb vinegar * it is better to be preserved in vinegar than to rot in honey * malt vinegar * mother of vinegar * piss and vinegar * pyroligneous vinegar * quick vinegar * radical vinegar * raspberry vinegar * rice vinegar * rose vinegar * salt and vinegar * sherry vinegar * spiced vinegar * sugar-vinegar * sweetened vinegar * tarragon vinegar * thieves' vinegar * vinegar beer * vinegar Bible * vinegar car * vinegar eel, vinegar-eel * vinegar essence * vinegarette * vinegarrette * vinegar-field * vinegar fly, vinegar-fly * vinegarish * vinegarist * vinegar lamp * vinegar mother * vinegar pie * vinegar plant, vinegar-plant * vinegar-railing * vinegar rice * vinegar stick * vinegar strokes * vinegar syndrome * vinegar tree, vinegar-tree * vinegar weed, vinegarweed * vinegar worm * vinegary * vinegar-yard * white vinegar * wine vinegar * wish one at vinegar * wood vinegar

    Related terms

    * vinaigrette * vinaigrous * vinegaroon / vinegarroon * vinagrous

    See also

    * non-brewed condiment

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To season with vinegar .

    • Derived terms

    * vinegared * vinegaring

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    cruet

    English

    Alternative forms

    * crewet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.
  • *1851 ,
  • *:Mrs. Hussey soon appeared, with a mustard-pot in one hand and a vinegar-cruet in the other, having just broken away from the occupation of attending to the castors, and scolding her little black boy meantime.
  • (British) A stand for these containers.
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  • A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "cruet")

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