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Homonyms
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Homonyms are words that are spelled different, but sound the same.
Booze: a word for alcohol
Boos: disapproving sounds from fans or the sound Halloween ghosts make
Brewed: fermented grains
Brood: a family of young animals
Brews: more than one beer or a verb meaning cooks something up
Bruise: an injured area
Call: in bar language to call out your liquor preference or a level of liquor at a bar such as well, call, and premium
Caul: the membrane that covers a newborn immediately after birth
Col: French word for a mountain pass
Draft: beer served on tap/draft or recruitment into the military, or a preliminary piece of writing, or a current of moving air
Draught: a British checker game or the English spelling for draft or a gust of wind
Flair: a type of bartending where the bartender may flip bottles or do his or her job in a showy way
Flare: a burst of bright flame
Peel: a cocktail garnish
Peal: a prolonged ringing sound from bells or something else
Gin: a spirit distilled from grain
Jinn: a Muslim spirit or demon
Rum: a spirit distilled from sugarcane
Rhumb: a constant compass direction
Rye: grain used to make liquor
Wry: twisted, bitter, or distorted
Shake: to mix up a drink in a shaker tin of ice
Sheik: Arab prince
Do you know of more cocktail related homonyms? Please share with me.