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drink

noun [C or U] (ALCOHOL)
 
 
/drɪŋk/

Definition

A2 alcoholic liquid: Have we got time for a quick drink? Whose turn is it to buy the drinks?UK We ran out of drink at the party.Alcohol - general words drinks [plural] a party at which you have drinks, especially alcoholic drinks: Come for drinks on Saturday.UK We're having a small drinks party for one of our colleagues who's leaving next week.Alcohol - general words
(Definition of drink noun (ALCOHOL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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