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brandy

/ˈbrændi/noun

उच्चारण ब्रैन्डी

ब्रांडी

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [U, C]

    a strong alcoholic drink made from wine

    ब्रांडी

    • a glass of brandy
    • Cooks add a spoonful of brandy to the Christmas cake.
    • He added a spoonful of brandy to the sauce.
    + 2 more examples
    • A bottle of brandy stood on the shelf.
    • The doctor advised him not to drink brandy.

    Synonyms spirit liquor cognac

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

brandy (uncountable)

When you mean the drink in general, brandy is uncountable: no article and no plural.

जब सामान्य रूप से पेय की बात हो, तब brandy uncountable है: इसके साथ article नहीं लगता और बहुवचन नहीं बनता।

  • Brandy is made by distilling wine.
  • He added a little brandy to the cake mixture.

a brandy / two brandies (countable)

It becomes countable when you mean a glass or serving of the drink, or different kinds of it.

जब एक गिलास या एक मात्रा, या अलग-अलग प्रकार की बात हो, तब यह countable हो जाता है।

  • He ordered a brandy at the hotel bar.
  • The old inn serves several fine brandies.

brandy + noun

Brandy is used before nouns like glass, snap, butter and sauce, mostly in cookery and Western contexts.

Brandy का प्रयोग glass, snap, butter और sauce जैसी संज्ञाओं से पहले होता है, प्रायः पाक-कला और पश्चिमी संदर्भों में।

  • The recipe needs brandy butter for the pudding.
  • He held a brandy glass in his hand.

a drop/glass/tot of brandy

Use a measure word to talk about a small quantity.

छोटी मात्रा बताने के लिए माप-वाचक शब्द का प्रयोग करें।

  • The old doctor never took a drop of brandy.
  • A tot of brandy was once given for severe cold.

brandy + with + other drink

Use with when brandy is mixed or served alongside something else.

जब brandy को किसी और चीज़ के साथ मिलाया या परोसा जाए, तब 'with' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • He took his coffee with brandy on cold evenings.
+Collocations 5

type + brandy

applecherrygrapefruitcookingFrench

  • The chef used cooking brandy in the sauce.

verb + brandy

drinksippourdistilbanserve

  • He poured a glass of brandy for the guest.

brandy + noun

glassbuttersaucesnapcask

  • The Christmas pudding came with brandy butter.

measure + brandy

glass ofbottle ofdrop oftot ofsplash of

  • He added a splash of brandy to the fruit cake.

brandy + dessert/cookery

creampuddingsnapssaucecake

  • The brandy cream was served with hot apple pie.
“More examples 7
  • In the story, the old soldier warmed himself with a little brandy.

कहानी में बूढ़े सैनिक ने थोड़ी-सी brandy से खुद को गर्म किया।

  • Brandy is not sold in shops in some states of India.

भारत के कुछ राज्यों में दुकानों पर brandy नहीं बेची जाती।

  • The cake was soaked in brandy for a week.

केक को एक सप्ताह तक brandy में भिगोकर रखा गया।

  • The barrels of brandy are stored in cool cellars for years.

Brandy के पीपे वर्षों तक ठंडे तहखानों में रखे जाते हैं।

  • Doctors warn that any form of alcohol, including brandy, harms the liver.

डॉक्टर चेतावनी देते हैं कि brandy सहित हर प्रकार की शराब जिगर को नुकसान पहुँचाती है।

  • The chef set the pudding alight with a spoonful of warm brandy.

रसोइये ने एक चम्मच गुनगुनी brandy से पुडिंग में आग लगा दी।

  • Radhika read about a traveller who carried a flask of brandy across the snowy pass.

राधिका ने एक यात्री के बारे में पढ़ा जो बर्फ़ीले दर्रे के पार brandy का फ्लास्क ले गया था।

≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage

Usage: brandy is made by distilling wine.

प्रयोग में brandy wine के आसवन से बनती है।