Meaning & use
manzanilla
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Meanings
noununcountable
A very pale, dry sherry from the Spanish coast near Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Grammar: Uncountable for the drink: a glass of manzanilla.
Patterns
- a glass of manzanilla
We drank chilled manzanilla with fried fish.
The bar offers a fine manzanilla by the glass.
Manzanilla tastes slightly salty.
nouncountable
A small green olive grown in Spain, often stuffed with pimiento.
Grammar: Countable: manzanilla olives.
The salad had manzanilla olives.
He ordered a dish of manzanilla.
Manzanilla olives are firm and mild.
noununcountable
Chamomile, or the herbal tea made from its flowers, in Spanish-speaking countries.
Grammar: Used in Spanish contexts.
She sipped manzanilla before bed.
Manzanilla is a popular remedy for upset stomachs.
The café served a hot cup of manzanilla.
Word forms
| plural | manzanillas |
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Common combinations
- glass of manzanilla
- A glass of manzanilla goes well with tapas.
- dry manzanilla
- A dry manzanilla is served cold.
- manzanilla olives
- They offered manzanilla olives.
- manzanilla tea
- Manzanilla tea calms the stomach.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
Commonly confused: manzanilla or Manzanillo?
manzanilla vs Manzanillo
Manzanillo is a city in Mexico and Cuba, not the drink.
Practice
Manzanilla is best described as ___.
Choose one answer.
Manzanilla is a pale dry sherry. Its other senses are an olive and a chamomile tea, but not a dessert, cheese or dance.
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