Meaning of the word gin in English
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gin
US /dʒɪn/
UK /dʒɪn/
Noun
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a clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavored with juniper berries and other botanicals.
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He ordered a gin and tonic.
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The cocktail recipe calls for a good quality gin.
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2.
a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
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The raw cotton was fed into the gin for processing.
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Verb
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to separate cotton from its seeds using a gin.
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Farmers used to gin cotton by hand before machines were invented.
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The factory can gin thousands of pounds of cotton daily.
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