Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kirschwasser

Kirschwasser \Kirsch"was`ser\, n. [G., fr. kirsche cherry + wasser water.] An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kirschwasser

"liquor distilled from fermented cherry juice," 1819, from German Kirschwasser, literally "cherry-water;" first element from Middle High German kirse, from Old High German kirsa, from Vulgar Latin *ceresia, from Late Latin cerasium "cherry" (see cherry). For second element, see water (n.1).

Wiktionary
kirschwasser

n. A distilled spirit made from cherries, usually of the variety ''Cerasus avium''; kirsch.

Usage examples of "kirschwasser".

Mary, that was brandy and kirschwasser, and two or three other things.

A letter and a sealed packet lay upon the table, and he had just opened a locker to take a slice of bread and a glass of kirschwasser before starting.

He searched his clothes cabinet last and so thoroughly that he discovered on its floor against the wall behind some boots an unopened bottle of kirschwasser he must have squirreled away there over a year ago when he was still drinking.

In turning over, his face had come close to the big ashtray as it was oversetting and to the gushing kirschwasser bottle and he had gotten whiffs of stinking tobacco tar and stinging, bitter alcohol.