mother liquor
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noun
the portion of a solution remaining after crystallization of its important component.
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Nearby words
- mother goose rhymes,
- mother hen,
- mother house,
- mother hubbard,
- mother language,
- mother lode,
- mother nature,
- mother of,
- mother of coal,
- mother of god
Origin of mother liquor
First recorded in 1790–1800
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019