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mother liquor
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noun
the portion of a solution remaining after crystallization of its important component.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of mother liquor
First recorded in 1790–1800
Words nearby mother liquor
mother-in-law, mother-in-law's tongue, motherland, mother language, motherless, mother liquor, mother lode, motherly, mother-naked, Mother Nature, mother of
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