juice
/d͡ʒus/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.36 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Squeeze the orange and some juice will come out."
- "1837 April, J. M. (London), in "Miscellaneous Intelligence: Art. V. Queries and Answers", The Gardener's Magazine, August edition, page 378. You are aware, I presume, that immense quantities of sugar are annually made from the juice of the A`cer sacchárinum, in the west of Pennsylvania and New York, with which our forests abound (Professor Kid, in his Bridgwater Treatise, says they are “cultivated”!); and, as the peculiarities attending the flow of this juice have puzzled me to explain them, I have resolved to state them to you."
- "The plant juices of both bean and potato gave strong positive tests, showing that the juices of these plants can readily dissolve copper in some form from bordeaux-mixture residue and absorb it through a permeable membrane."
- "I’d like two orange juices please."
- "The bottled juice must be heated to a temperature and for a time sufficient to attain a sterilizing temperature at the coolest point, usually the center of the bottle."
- "2006, Katie Kitamura, Japanese for Travellers: A Journey, Hamish Hamilton (publ.), page 189. My mom placed a glass of juice before her, then looked questioningly towards the son."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs Latin iūs Old French jusbor. Middle English jus English juice From Middle English jus, juis, from Old French jus, jous, from Latin jūs (“broth, soup, sauce”), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs, from *yewH- (“to mix (of meal preparation)”). Doublet of jus and ukha. In this sense, mostly displaced native Middle English sew (“juice”), from Old English sēaw (“juice, sap”) (> English sew (“juice, broth, gravy”)). Sense of "soft drink" most likely an ellipsis of fizzy juice, another similarly common term in Scotland.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /d͡ʒus/
- British English: /d͡ʒuːs/