See louche in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ouzo"
],
[
"cloudy",
"cloudy"
],
[
"anethole",
"anethole"
],
[
"ouzo effect",
"ouzo effect"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make (an alcoholic beverage, e.g. absinthe or ouzo) cloudy by mixing it with water, due to the presence of anethole. This is known as the ouzo effect."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/luːʃ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/luʃ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-louche.opus",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/En-uk-louche.opus/En-uk-louche.opus.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/En-uk-louche.opus/En-uk-louche.opus.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːʃ"
}
],
"word": "louche"
}
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