Bourbon is a type of whisky that is made mainly in America.
I poured a little more bourbon into my glass.
A bourbon is a small glass of bourbon.
bourbon in British English
(ˈbɜːbən)
noun
a whiskey distilled, chiefly in the US, from maize, esp one containing at least 51 per cent maize (the rest being malt and rye) and aged in charred white-oak barrels
Word origin
C19: named after Bourbon county, Kentucky, where it was first made
Bourbon in British English
(ˈbʊəbən, French burbɔ̃)
noun
a.
a member of the European royal line that ruled in France from 1589 to 1793 (when Louis XVI was executed by the revolutionaries) and was restored in 1815, continuing to rule in its Orleans branch from 1830 until 1848. Bourbon dynasties also ruled in Spain (1700–1808; 1813–1931) and Naples and Sicily (1734–1806; 1815–1860)
b.
(as modifier)
the Bourbon kings
Bourbon in American English
(ˈbʊrbən)
noun
1.
name of the ruling family of France (1589-1793; 1814-48, from 1830 to 1848 as the Orléans1 branch); of Spain (1700-1808; 1813-1931; 1975- ); of Naples and Sicily (1734-1806;1815-60), united as the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1815; and of various duchies & principalities in Italy at various times within the periods 1748-1807 & 1815-60, including Parma, Piacenza, Lucca, & Etruria
2. [alsob-]
a political and social reactionary
bourbon in American English
(ˈbɜrbən; ˈbʊrbən)
US; [sometimesB-]
noun
1.
a whiskey distilled from a fermented mash of not less than 51 percent corn grain and stored in charred new oak containers for not less than two years
adjective
2.
designating, of, or made with such whiskey
Word origin
after Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it has been produced
Examples of 'bourbon' in a sentence
bourbon
All the same, it rather put me off my bourbon biscuit.
The Sun (2013)
In the liquor business, bourbon and whiskey are known as brown goods and gin and vodka as white goods.
Al Ries and Laura Ries THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF BRANDING (2002)
Plus you will be amazed to see a scene stolen by a British Bourbon biscuit.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Feeding bananas and Bourbon biscuits to cyclists in Yorkshire.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
US whisky bourbon was named after Bourbon in Kentucky.
The Sun (2014)
Word lists with
bourbon
biscuit, whisky
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British English: bourbon NOUN
Bourbon is a type of whisky that is made mainly in America.