liquor

[ lik-er or, for 3, lik-wawr ]
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noun
  1. a distilled or spirituous 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.

  1. Pharmacology. solution (def. 6).

  2. a solution of a substance, especially a concentrated one used in the industrial arts.

verb (used with object)
  1. Informal. to furnish or ply with liquor to drink (often followed by up).

verb (used without object)
  1. Informal. to drink large quantities of liquor (often followed by up).

Origin of liquor

1
1175–1225; <Latin: a liquid, originally liquidity (liqu(ēre) to be liquid + -or-or1); replacing Middle English lic(o)ur<Old French (French liqueur) <Latin liquōrem, accusative of liquor

Other words for liquor

Other words from liquor

  • liq·uor·y, adjective
  • an·ti·liq·uor, adjective

Words that may be confused with liquor

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How to use liquor in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for liquor

liquor

/ (ˈlɪkə) /


noun
  1. any alcoholic drink, esp spirits, or such drinks collectively

  2. any liquid substance, esp that in which food has been cooked

  1. pharmacol a solution of a pure substance in water

  2. brewing warm water added to malt to form wort

  3. in liquor drunk; intoxicated

verb
  1. brewing to steep (malt) in warm water to form wort; mash

Origin of liquor

1
C13: via Old French from Latin, from liquēre to be liquid

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