gin

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
  2. noun a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
  3. noun a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers

Etymology

Abbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (modern French genièvre), from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence gin rummy (first attested 1941).

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