- [uncountable, countable] the liquid that comes from fruit or vegetables; a drink made from this
- a glass of fruit juice
- a carton of apple juice
- lemon/lime juice
- Add the juice of two lemons.
- Two orange juices, please.
Extra ExamplesTopics Drinksa1- Sprinkle the avocado slices with lemon juice.
- the grated rind and juice of two lemons
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fruit
- lemon
- tomato
- …
- extract
- squeeze
- drink
- …
- juice from
- juice of
- [countable, usually plural, uncountable] the liquid that comes out of a piece of meat when it is cooked
- Use the juices of the meat to make gravy.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fruit
- lemon
- tomato
- …
- extract
- squeeze
- drink
- …
- juice from
- juice of
- [countable, usually plural] the liquid in the stomach that helps you to digest food
- digestive/gastric juices
- [uncountable] (informal) electrical energy
- My phone has run out of juice.
- [uncountable] (especially British English, informal) petrol
- [uncountable] (North American English, informal) power to influence people or influence what happens
- She has a lot of juice with city hall.
- [uncountable] (North American English, informal) alcoholic drink
- He had been on the juice all weekend and was in a bad way.
- [uncountable] (North American English, informal) anabolic steroids (= chemical substances taken by people to increase the size of their muscles)
- (also vape juice)[countable, uncountable] (informal) a liquid containing nicotine that is used in a device for vaping
- The shelves are now full of vape pens and juices.
- He needed some juice for his vape.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin jus ‘broth, vegetable juice’.
Idioms
See juice in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee juice in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishlet somebody stew in their own juice
- (informal) to leave somebody to worry and suffer the unpleasant effects of their own actions
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