: a grape of any of several varieties that has been dried in the sun or by artificial heat
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Add the vanilla extract and grated lemon zest to the infusion.
3: Add the infusion mixture, the three milks, and the raisins to the rice pot and stir thoroughly to break up the rice.
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
There are notes of balsa wood, rum raisin, vanilla, milk chocolate, toasted nuts, and cinnamon on the palate, along with a strong dose of maple that almost reads like a subtle maple finish on the bourbon (to be clear, that is not the case).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 June 2024
Spangler’s set is bulky and expensive-looking, seemingly committed to a kind of realism, and yet that soaring netting is speckled with what look like raisins — stationary black dots that are meant to be bees.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
There are four different packs available: a box of raspberry, a box of prune, a mixed box of raspberry and prune, and a mixed box of raisin and raspberry.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2024
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
There are notes of balsa wood, rum raisin, vanilla, milk chocolate, toasted nuts, and cinnamon on the palate, along with a strong dose of maple that almost reads like a subtle maple finish on the bourbon (to be clear, that is not the case).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 June 2024
Spangler’s set is bulky and expensive-looking, seemingly committed to a kind of realism, and yet that soaring netting is speckled with what look like raisins — stationary black dots that are meant to be bees.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
There are four different packs available: a box of raspberry, a box of prune, a mixed box of raspberry and prune, and a mixed box of raisin and raspberry.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Raisin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raisin. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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raisin
noun
rai·sin
ˈrāz-ᵊn 
: a grape usually rich in sugar that has been dried
Geographical Definition
Raisin
geographical name
Rai·sin
ˈrā-zᵊn
river about 115 miles (185 kilometers) long in southeastern Michigan flowing into Lake Erie
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