cocktail glass

noun

: a bell-shaped drinking glass usually having a foot and stem and holding about three ounces (90 milliliters)

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Strain up into a coupe or cocktail glass, and garnish with a lemon peel. Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2025 Traditional recipes for Manhattan cocktails call for rye whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters stirred and strained into a cocktail glass, garnished with a maraschino cherry. Jenny Starr Perez, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025 Strain into cocktail glass, garnish with a lemon peel. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025 Only the color of the umbrella in the cocktail glass changed in different shots. Megan Morrone, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cocktail glass

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cocktail glass was in 1873

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“Cocktail glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20glass. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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