Meanings
plural vanilla extracts
- countableuncountableA liquid, technically a tincture, used in cooking, prepared by soaking vanilla beans in alcohol.
Vanilla extract makes these cookies taste great, but the straight extract tastes bad because the alcohol hasn't evaporated yet.
Synonyms: vanilla essence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA liquid, technically a tincture, used in cooking, prepared by soaking vanilla beans in alcohol.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans vanielje geursel
- vanielje geurselliquid used in cooking
Chinese Mandarin 香草精
- 香草精 (xiāngcǎojīng)liquid used in cooking
Finnish vaniljauute
- vaniljauuteliquid used in cooking
French extrait de vanille
- extrait de vanilleliquid used in cooking
German Vanilleextrakt, Vanille-Essenz
- Vanilleextraktliquid used in cooking
- Vanille-Essenzliquid used in cooking
Hungarian vaníliakivonat
- vaníliakivonatliquid used in cooking
Italian estratto di vaniglia
- estratto di vaniglialiquid used in cooking
Norwegian Bokmål vaniljeessens
- vaniljeessensliquid used in cooking
Spanish extracto de vainilla
- extracto de vainillaliquid used in cooking
Swedish vaniljextrakt, vaniljessens
- vaniljextraktliquid used in cooking
- vaniljessensliquid used in cooking
Turkish vanilya esansı, vanilya özü
- vanilya esansıliquid used in cooking
- vanilya özüliquid used in cooking
- vanilya özütüliquid used in cooking
Welsh rhin fanila
- rhin fanilaliquid used in cooking
Cite this entry
vanilla extract. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vanilla%20extract
“vanilla extract.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vanilla%20extract. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vanilla extract,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vanilla%20extract.
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