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Noun: bitters  bi-tu(r)z
  1. Alcoholic liquor flavoured with bitter herbs and roots
Noun: bitter  bi-tu(r)
  1. [Brit] A dry sharp-tasting beer with a strong flavour of hops
     
  2. The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
    - bitterness
     
  3. The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
    - bitterness
Verb: bitter  bi-tu(r)
  1. Make bitter

Type of: ale, change taste, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn [informal], liquor, spirit [Brit], spirits [Brit], strong drink, taste, taste perception, taste property, taste sensation

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