Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈbɪtən/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈbɪtəɹn/
Pronunciation notes
- US
Noun
Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
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More examples (1)
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.
Noun
The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
The saline substance added to soy milk to coagulate it as a primary step in the production of tofu.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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Now we add the bittern.
A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
Usage- Archaic
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Noun
relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
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