Bittern
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɪtən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bittern is a noun meaning Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
Meaning
Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
More Meanings
- The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).
- The saline substance added to soy milk to coagulate it as a primary step in the production of tofu.
- (archaic) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
Example Sentences
Now we add the bittern.
It is a great rock or cliff on the loneliest part of the mountains, and […] is known by the name of the Garden Rock. Near the foot of it is a small lake, the haunt of the solitary bittern, with water-snakes basking in the sun on the leaves of the pond-lilies which lie on the surface.
Word Forms
- bitterns
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ecological, ecology, bittur, ardeid, sun-bittern, sunbittern.
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