Meaning & use
thirst quencher
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Meaning
nouncountable
A drink that makes you feel less thirsty, especially one that is cool and refreshing.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a thirst quencher' or 'thirst quenchers'.
Patterns
- a thirst quencher
- a good thirst quencher
- serve something as a thirst quencher
After the long hike, a cold glass of lemonade was the perfect thirst quencher.
The bar serves a mint and lime drink that is a real thirst quencher on hot days.
Water is the simplest and healthiest thirst quencher there is.
Word forms
| plural | thirst quenchers |
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Common combinations
- a perfect thirst quencher
- Iced tea is a perfect thirst quencher in summer.
- a real thirst quencher
- That watermelon juice was a real thirst quencher.
- serve as a thirst quencher
- They served coconut water as a thirst quencher at the finish line.
- a refreshing thirst quencher
- This cucumber cooler is a refreshing thirst quencher.
Synonyms and how they differ
- refreshment
- Refreshment is more formal and often refers to light snacks and drinks together, not just a drink that stops thirst.
- drink
- Drink is the general word for any liquid you consume; a thirst quencher specifically suggests it relieves thirst.
- beverage
- Beverage is a formal word for any drink, while thirst quencher is informal and focuses on the effect.
Word family
- thirst-quenching adjective
- Describing a drink that removes thirst, e.g. 'a thirst-quenching lemonade'.
- thirsty adjective
- Feeling the need to drink something.
Commonly confused: thirst quencher or thirst-quenching?
thirst quencher vs thirst-quenching
Thirst-quenching is an adjective describing a drink; thirst quencher is the noun for the drink itself.
Practice
After playing football in the sun, the players needed a cold ___. Which word best fits?
Choose one answer.
A 'thirst quencher' is a noun for a drink that relieves thirst, which fits after 'a cold'. 'Thirsty' is an adjective describing a person, 'thirst-quenching' is an adjective describing a drink, and 'thirstily' is an adverb, so none can follow 'a cold' as the noun here.
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