Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vanilla extract

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: vanil-la ex-tract
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A liquid, technically a tincture, used in cooking, prepared by soaking vanilla beans in alcohol.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Vanilla extract makes these cookies taste great, but the straight extract tastes bad because the alcohol hasn't evaporated yet."

Usage

Inflected Forms

vanilla extracts (plural)

Synonyms

vanilla essence vanilla

Questions

What does vanilla extract mean?: A liquid, technically a tincture, used in cooking, prepared by soaking vanilla beans in alcohol.

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