noun
Gibraltar
jih-BRAWL-tuh
noun
1
A small coffee drink made by serving a cortado-style espresso and milk in a short glass.
"The barista handed over a gibraltar, the espresso and milk already swirled together."
"Coffee shops on the West Coast popularized the gibraltar before it spread nationwide."
How to Use Gibraltar
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA style of espresso drink, basically a cortado served in a particular small glass.
Common mistake
Lower-cased in this drink sense; capitalized only when referring to the actual place, the British territory on the Iberian Peninsula.
Common pairings
order a gibraltar
a gibraltar glass
Word Forms
Gibraltars plural
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Etymology
Named after the small glass tumbler the drink is served in, which some baristas nicknamed after the Rock of Gibraltar; the territory itself takes its name from Arabic "Jabal Tariq", meaning "Mount Tariq".