rye whiskey

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   whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt

   Synonymsryerye whisky

   Broaderwhiskey

Questions about rye whiskey

What does rye whiskey mean?

rye whiskey means "whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt".

What is another word for rye whiskey?

Close synonyms include rye, rye whisky. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rye whiskey a common word?

rye whiskey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.