1
: an alcoholic beverage distilled from a fermented cane product (such as molasses)
2
: alcoholic liquor
the demon rum
rummer; rummest
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Examples of rum in a Sentence
Noun
a fiery sermon on the evils of demon rum
Adjective
They're a pretty rum lot.
she wears staid business suits, but prefers some quite rum knickers underneath
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Mari Pressley, Charlotte Observer, 21 June 2024
The crust is made from einkorn flour, aged sherry vinegar and Okinawan black sugar, and the filling — a composite of roasted, tender yams with yam juice, rum and allspice — is matured overnight before being baked off the morning of the event.
—Bryan A’hearn, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
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Noun
Shoulda Been a Pirate is a Navy-strength rum and coffee rum drink with banana liqueur, cold brew coffee and vanilla ginger simple syrup.
—Mari Pressley, Charlotte Observer, 21 June 2024
The crust is made from einkorn flour, aged sherry vinegar and Okinawan black sugar, and the filling — a composite of roasted, tender yams with yam juice, rum and allspice — is matured overnight before being baked off the morning of the event.
—Bryan A’hearn, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Adjective
The whiskey was distilled in 1989 and matured in ex-rum casks before being finished for three years in barrels that previously contained Pedro Ximénez (PX) Sherry.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
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“Rum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rum. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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