tonic water
A carbonated beverage containing quinine, originally used as a prophylactic against…A carbonated beverage containing quinine, originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, and now used as a soft drink or as a mixer in gin and tonic and other cocktails.
» I want vodka with tonic water.
Я хочу водки с тоником. — sharptoothed
Я хочу горілки з тоніком. — deniko
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)A carbonated beverage containing quinine, originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, and now used as a soft drink or as a mixer in gin and tonic and other cocktails.
Tonicwasser, Tonicwater, Tonic
то́никtónik
- lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
Examples
3 sentencesI want vodka with tonic water.
Я хочу горілки з тоніком. — deniko
ruЯ хочу водки с тоником. — sharptoothed
Let's qualify this gin with tonic water.
Tonic water contains quinine.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
plural: tonic waters| Singular | tonic water |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine:tonicquinine water
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.