BITTERS
- BITTER, to make bitter [v]
- liquid, often an alcoholic liquor, in which bitter herbs or roots have steeped, used as a flavoring, esp. in mixed drinks, or as a tonic
- a. liquid, usually alcoholic, impregnated with a bitter medicine, as gentian or quassia, used to increase the appetite or as a tonic b. bitter medicinal substances in general, as quinine