Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various alcoholic liquors of the Middle East, distilled from grapes, raisins, or dates and flavored with anise.
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- noun A
clear ,unsweetened aniseed -flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in theMiddle East
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And with its Christian heritage, Lebanon produces wine and a licorice-flavored alcohol called arak that can be sampled while partaking in Beirut's famously frenzied nightlife.
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Empires, real and imagined, rose and fell over arak and Arabic coffee in the cafés and bars of Beirut.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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We grew up there, playing in the fields, riding horses, chasing our dogs and pets, hunting, enjoying endless festive mezze and barbeque lunches with homemade arak.
Brad Haskel: Why Massaya Is More Than Just Wine: The Ghosn Family Story Brad Haskel 2011
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First, he rented an old still and sold the arak as homemade and handcrafted.
Brad Haskel: Why Massaya Is More Than Just Wine: The Ghosn Family Story Brad Haskel 2011
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Tiny glasses of crystal-clear arak that clouded into milky iridescence when you added ice.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Maher had brought a bottle of arak all the way from Beirut.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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I could feel my Arabic fluency rising miraculously as the level of arak in the bottle sank lower and lower.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Hazem Al-Amin and Maher Abi Samra supplied arak and occasional Arabic-to-French translation.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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The aquamarine smell of anise fogged upward from the arak.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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In the mountains of Lebanon, where people still make their own wine and arak, kibbeh nayeh is washed down with a shot of the fiery anisette liqueur.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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