Definition of Triple sec

1. Noun. Type of curacao having higher alcoholic content.

Generic synonyms: Orange Liqueur

Definition of Triple sec

1. Noun. any of several triple-distilled liqueurs flavoured with fruit e.g. Curaçao, Cointreau, and Grand Marnier ¹

2. Noun. a branded liqueur from Curaçao flavoured with orange peel ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triple Sec

triple double
triple doubles
triple goddesses
triple helix
triple jump
triple jumper
triple jumpers
triple negative breast cancer
triple phosphate
triple play
triple plays
triple point
triple response
triple rhythm
triple sec (current term)
triple secs
triple star
triple star system
triple stars
triple threat
triple threater
triple vision
triple whammy
triple witching
triple witching hour
tripled
triplefin
triplefins

Literary usage of Triple sec

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive by Olinthus Gregory (1815)
"... triple, &c. the velocity it has at D, after falling through the arc BD, we have only to set off from D the chord DA double, triple, Sec. the chord BD, ..."

2. Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged. Being a Plain by Nathan Daboll, Samuel M. Green (1828)
"... to find the side of that cube wich shall be double, triple, Sec. in quantity to the given cube. , RULE, Cube your f^ven side, and multiply liy the given ..."

3. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry (1831)
"... and the quantities of water, in these experiments, have the same common multiple : in other words, steam of double, triple, Sec. elastic force contains, ..."

4. Nights in London by Thomas Burke (1918)
"Georgie insisted on sparkling Moselle, and we had two bottles, and three rounds of Cointreau triple sec. By that time it was too late to think of going back ..."

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