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liquor
an alcoholic drink; meat or vegetable broth: pot liquor
Not to be confused with:
liqueur – sweet alcoholic after-dinner drink
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liq·uor
(lĭk′ər)n.
1. An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.
2. A rich broth resulting from the prolonged cooking of meat or vegetables, especially greens. Also called pot liquor.
3. An aqueous solution of a nonvolatile substance.
4. A solution, emulsion, or suspension for industrial use.
tr.v. liq·uored, liq·uor·ing, liq·uors
1. To steep (malt, for example).
2. Slang To make drunk with alcoholic liquor. Often used with up: was all liquored up.
[Middle English licour, a liquid, from Old French, from Latin liquor, from liquēre, to be liquid.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
liquor
(ˈlɪkə)n
1. (Brewing) any alcoholic drink, esp spirits, or such drinks collectively
2. (Cookery) any liquid substance, esp that in which food has been cooked
3. (Pharmacology) pharmacol a solution of a pure substance in water
4. (Brewing) brewing warm water added to malt to form wort
5. in liquor drunk; intoxicated
vb
(Brewing) brewing to steep (malt) in warm water to form wort; mash
[C13: via Old French from Latin, from liquēre to be liquid]
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liq•uor
(ˈlɪk ər or, for 3, -wɔr)n.
1. a distilled beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
2. any liquid substance, as broth from cooked meats or vegetables.
3. a solution of a medicinal substance in water or other liquid.
4. a usu. concentrated solution of a substance for use in the industrial arts.
v.t. 5. Informal. to furnish or ply with liquor to drink (often fol. by up).
v.i. 6. Informal. to drink large quantities of liquor (often fol. by up).
[1175–1225; Middle English lic(o)ur < Old French < Latin liquor a liquid, orig. liquidity <liqu(ēre) to be liquid]
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liquor
Past participle: liquored
Gerund: liquoring
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| Noun | 1. |  liquor - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermentedalcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" aqua vitae, ardent spirits - strong distilled liquor or brandy arak, arrack - any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses bitters - alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots brandy - distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice gin - strong liquor flavored with juniper berries ouzo - a Greek liquor flavored with anise rum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses mescal - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) tequila - Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant vodka - unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia firewater - any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum) lacing - a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage |
| 2. | liquor - a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process; "waste liquors" liquid - a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure | |
| 3. | liquor - the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked |
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liquor
noun
1. alcohol, drink, spirits, booze (informal), grog, hard stuff (informal), strong drink, Dutch courage (informal), intoxicant, juice (informal), hooch or hootch (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) The room was filled with cases of liquor.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
liquor
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Translations
ليكير: مَشْروب كُحولي
destilát
spiritus
viina
likőr
áfengi
stiprus alkoholinis gėrimas
alkoholisks dzēriens
destilát
sprit
liquor
[ˈlɪkəʳ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
liquor
[ˈlɪkər] n (= alcohol) → boissons fpl alcoolisées, alcool msales of liquor → les ventes de boissons alcoolisées, les ventes d'alcool
I don't eat sugar; I don't drink liquor or coffee → Je ne mange pas de sucre; je ne bois ni alcool, ni café. hard liquor
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
liquor
n
(esp US, = whisky, brandy etc) → Spirituosen pl; (= alcohol) → Alkohol m; people who drink hard liquor → Leute, die scharfe Sachen trinken, Schnapstrinker pl; a strong liquor → ein hochprozentiges Getränk; the local liquor → der am Ort hergestellte Schnaps; he can’t take his liquor → er verträgt nichts
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
liquor
(ˈlikə) noun strong alcoholic drink.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
li·quor
1. n. licor, líquido acuoso que contiene sustancias medicinales;
2. término general aplicado a algunos líquidos del cuerpo.
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