gins

Captures or cocktails

Gins is the plural of gin in its various senses.

A gin is a clear spirit flavored with juniper: They ordered three gins.

A gin is also a mechanical device—the cotton gin separates fibers from seeds, and gins can be snares or traps.

In gin rummy, players try to form sets and runs: She won three gins in a row.

trap

snare

Device for catching prey

capture · bait · spring · trigger · hunting · illegal · cruelty · wildlife · rabbit · fox

cocktail

martini

Gin-vermouth cocktail

sling · vesper · bramble · southside · mixology · bartender · shaker · vermouth · bitters · tonic

distillation

distillery

Alcohol manufacturing plant

juniper · fermentation · vapor · condenser · rectify · maceration · infusion · proof · cask · batch

botanical

juniper

Aromatic berry-bearing conifer

licorice · cassia · lavender · elderflower · rose · chamomile · piney · aromatic · herbaceous · floral

prohibition

speakeasy

Illicit liquor establishment

rumrunner · smuggle · illicit · raid · repeal · teetotalism · dry · flapper · contraband · clandestine

cotton

plantation

Large-scale farming operation

antebellum · agriculture · textile · bale · lint · carding · mill · harvest · slavery · sharecropping

Categories
Opposites
spirit type

ginswhiskeys

Grain-based distilled spirits

whisky · bourbons · bourbon · rums · scotch

PROCESSING METHOD (machinery)

ginshand-picking

Selecting items individually

manual labor · combines · looms · spinners

mechanical action

ginscombines

Merges multiple into one

harvesters · seeders · planters · assemblers · mixers

Phrases
Family

engine, gin, ginned, ginning, cotton gin

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG