Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Italian liqueur flavored with almond.
- noun A small crisp Italian cookie typically flavored with almond.
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- noun uncountable (
countable ) A sweet-bitterliqueur originating fromItaly (but also prodcued in Turkey), flavored withalmonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as thepits fromapricots ,peaches ,cherries or otherstone-fruits . - noun countable A
glass of that liqueur
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Italian almond liqueur
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Of course, I played around with the recipe a tad to make it a little bit more "Eastery", including soaking the fruit (raisins only, though who knows down the road!) in amaretto liqueur for three hours and making almond-laced royal icing crosses on top of the baked rolls.
One - A - Penny... Sarah 2009
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Of course, I played around with the recipe a tad to make it a little bit more "Eastery", including soaking the fruit (raisins only, though who knows down the road!) in amaretto liqueur for three hours and making almond-laced royal icing crosses on top of the baked rolls.
Archive 2009-04-01 Sarah 2009
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Ingredients: grounded hazelnuts, coarsely grounded walnuts, dried cranberries, sesam, grated chocolate and a shot of amaretto.
Banana bread-cake 2009
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Their signature drink is the Shanghai Express: bourbon, amaretto, Southern Comfort, orange and lime juices, and grenadine syrup.
Johnny Jet: Bangkok to Singapore on The Eastern and Oriental Express Johnny Jet 2011
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Same for the candied-orange and ricotta-stuffed brioche French toast $10, with amaretto honey and toasted almonds.
The Salumeria Awaits Lisa Fleisher 2011
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Top it off with freshly squeezed orange juice, then add a shot of amaretto liqueur such as Disaronno.
Organic Authority.com: 7 Fun Beer Cocktail Recipes Organic Authority.com 2011
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Brrrrr. I think it's time for a hot chocolate ... and maybe I shall add some amaretto to it too.
it's the one who is different that gets left out in the cold skittledog 2009
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At least there's coffee with whipped cream and amaretto in to make it up to me.
i was a dam builder.... matociquala 2009
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Brrrrr. I think it's time for a hot chocolate ... and maybe I shall add some amaretto to it too.
Susannah's Journal skittledog 2009
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Top it off with freshly squeezed orange juice, then add a shot of amaretto liqueur such as Disaronno.
Organic Authority.com: 7 Fun Beer Cocktail Recipes Organic Authority.com 2011
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