Sloe
11sloe — /sloʊ/ (say sloh) noun 1. the small, sour, blackish fruit (drupe) of Prunus spinosa. 2. the shrub itself. –adjective 3. of, relating to, or designating spirits flavoured with sloe berries: sloe gin; sloe vodka. {Middle English slo, Old English… …
12sloe — Synonyms and related words: atramentous, black, black as coal, black as ebony, black as ink, black as midnight, black as night, coal black, coaly, dark, dark as night, dark as pitch, deep black, ebony, ink black, inky, jetty, midnight, night… …
13sloe — A bluish black wild plum. Hence, sloe eyed, sloe gin …
14sloe — UK [sləʊ] / US [sloʊ] noun [countable] Word forms sloe : singular sloe plural sloes a small sour fruit with a purple skin. It grows on a bush called a blackthorn …
15sloe — dygioji slyva statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erškėtinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, maistinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Prunus spinosa), paplitęs Europoje ir vakarų Azijoje. Naudojamas džinui gaminti. atitikmenys: lot. Prunus spinosa angl.… …
16sloe — n. 1 = BLACKTHORN. 2 its small bluish black fruit with a sharp sour taste. Phrases and idioms: sloe eyed 1 having eyes of this colour. 2 slant eyed. sloe gin a liqueur of sloes steeped in gin. Etymology: OE sla(h) f. Gmc …
17sloe — noun Etymology: Middle English slo, from Old English slāh; akin to Old High German slēha sloe and probably to Russian sliva plum more at livid Date: before 12th century the small dark globose astringent fruit of the blackthorn; also blackthorn …
18sloe — noun Sloe is used before these nouns: ↑gin …
19sloe — [OE] Etymologically, the sloe is probably the ‘blue black’ fruit. The word comes, along with its relatives German schlehe, Dutch slee, Swedish slå, and Danish slaa, from a prehistoric Germanic *slaikhwōn, which has been linked with Latin līvēre… …
20sloe — [[t]slo͟ʊ[/t]] sloes N VAR A sloe is a small, sour fruit that has a dark purple skin. It is often used to flavour gin …
