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Collocations for cocktail - noun

1. mixed alcoholic drink

ADJECTIVE

pre-dinner
afternoon, evening
champagne
house, special
The house cocktail is the caipirinha. Cheers!

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VERB + cocktail

make, mix
serve
drink, have
sip

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cocktail + NOUN

bar, lounge
cabinet, glass, napkin (AmE), shaker
list, menu (esp. AmE)
circuit
a familiar face on the cocktail circuit
dress
hour
party, reception
waiter, waitress

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2. dish of small pieces of food

ADJECTIVE

prawn (BrE), seafood, shrimp (AmE)
fruit

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3. mixture of different things

ADJECTIVE

deadly, lethal
heady, potent, powerful
The show was a heady cocktail of jazz and political satire.
drug

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PREPOSITION

cocktail of
a lethal cocktail of vodka and drugs

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