2023-10-06

Word of the Day 10/06/23 Horchata

Horchata (noun)
horchata [ awr-chah-tuh ]


noun
1. a chilled drink of Spain and Latin America, made from rice milk or any of various nut milks, sweetened and typically flavored with cinnamon or vanilla.

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1820–30; from Spanish, ultimately from Latin hordeum “barley,” perhaps through an intermediary such as Italian, Medieval Latin, or Mozarabic; see orgeat

HOW TO USE HORCHATA IN A SENTENCE
I got a bucket of horchata, too, an ice-cold rice drink that's like watery, semi-sweet rice-pudding (better than it sounds).
LITTLE BROTHER | CORY DOCTOROW

He washed it down with a quart of a cinnamon/rice drink called horchata that was served ice-cold and did wonders for his hangover.
MAKERS | CORY DOCTOROW

Another esteemed cooling beverage is the horchata de chufas, a kind of cream made from pounded cypress root and then half frozen.
SPANISH VISTAS | GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP

I got carne asada and she got shredded chicken and we each got a big cup of horchata.
LITTLE BROTHER | CORY DOCTOROW

The family, for reasons of economy, thought of the horchata from a near-by restaurant.
LUNA BENAMOR | VICENTE BLASCO IBEZ

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