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4 lettersPronunciation /əˈɹæk/Part of speech nounSorted aakrStarts with AEnds with K0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses

Word origin

From Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq, “sweat”), a reference to the condensate in the distillation process. Doublet of ara, raki, and rakija.

Used in a sentence

  • My wife is Jordanian and has family who have lived and worked in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for years. During our time in the U.A.E., we ate with them, drank arak, watched them dance the dabke late into the evening.
  • They use perfume freely, paint their eyes with kohl, and are constantly polishing their teeth with twigs of green arak-wood.

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