- an alcoholic drink consisting of spirit distilled from grape wine
- a distillation of wines made from other fruits: plum brandy
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
bran•dy /ˈbrændi/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -dies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Winean alcoholic drink made from wine or fermented fruit juice: [uncountable]Brandy certainly has a distinctive aroma.[countable]Bartender, we'd like three brandies, please.
bran•dy
(bran′dē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dies, v., -died, -dy•ing.
n.
v.t.
n.
- Winea spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc.
v.t.
- to mix, flavor, or preserve with brandy.
- Dutch brandewijn burnt (i.e., distilled) wine
- short for brandywine 1615–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
brandy /ˈbrændɪ/ n ( pl -dies)
'brandy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aqua vitae
- balloon
- brandy butter
- brandy snap
- burn
- Calvados
- Cape smoke
- Christmas pudding
- Cognac
- crêpe suzette
- double
- eau de vie
- eggnog
- fine
- flambé
- hard sauce
- Kirsch
- marc
- peach brandy
- peg
- ratafia
- round off
- sangria
- snifter
- sour
- spirit
- syllabub
- tutti-frutti
- VS
- VSOP
- advocaat
- aguardiente
- alexander
- alkermes
- apple brandy
- applejack
- ardent spirits
- Armagnac
- B and B
- banon
- bottled in bond
- brandied
- brandy alexander
- brandy mint
- brandy snifter
- brown goods
- café brûlot
- cassis
- cherries jubilee
- claret cup