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juice

noun · verb

Simple meaning

The liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking.

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈdʒus

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. The liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking

  2. uncountable

    A liquid made from plant, especially fruit.

  3. Energetic vitality

  4. Vitality; strength.

  5. Political power.

  6. informal

    The liquid that is used to submerge a substance kept in a container

verb

  1. transitive

    To energize or stimulate something.

  2. transitive

    To extract the juice from something.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: The liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking

Used this way, juice is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a food and cooking use: everyday in kitchens and recipes.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Cooking/food
  • Everyday conversation

Nearby words

  • succus , rarer, so it draws attention

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More ways to use juice

  • “When the wiring was finished they turned on the juice.”noun

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Liquid

lemon juiceorange juicefruit juicelime juicetomato juicegrape juice

Other combinations

gastric juicepancreatic juice

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • juicernounInflected form

    A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess).

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • juicyadjectiveDerived adjective

    Full of juice.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • juice reamernounCompound term

    A squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit.

  • juice upverbCompound term

    Make more interesting or lively.

  • carrot juicenounCompound term

    Usually freshly squeezed juice of carrots.

  • cranberry juicenounCompound term

    The juice of cranberries (always diluted and sweetened).

  • digestive juicenounCompound term

    Secretions that aid digestion.

  • frozen orange juicenounCompound term

    Orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen.

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