LIQUOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liquor mean? 

• LIQUOR (noun)
  The noun LIQUOR has 3 senses:

1. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

2. a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process

3. the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked

  Familiarity information: LIQUOR used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIQUOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

booze; hard drink; hard liquor; John Barleycorn; liquor; spirits; strong drink

Hypernyms ("liquor" is a kind of...):

alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liquor"):

aqua vitae; ardent spirits (strong distilled liquor or brandy)

akvavit; aquavit (Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds)

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)

schnapps; schnaps (any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes)

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)

whiskey; whisky (a liquor made from fermented mash of grain)

firewater (any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum))

lacing (a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Context example:

waste liquors

Hypernyms ("liquor" is a kind of...):

liquid (a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

liquor; pot likker; pot liquor

Hypernyms ("liquor" is a kind of...):

broth; stock (liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces)

 Context examples 

Not a drop of liquor passed his lips.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

So I up to get another bottle of liptrap, and I slipped round to the shutter that we pass the liquor through from the private bar into the parlour.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A drink, including beer, wine or liquor, that is made by fermentation of raw materials.

(Alcoholic Beverage, NCI Thesaurus)

Why, though I'm umble, I'm useful to him, you know; and he understands his interest when he isn't in liquor!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Martin, who was extremely strong-headed, marvelled at the other's capacity for liquor, and ever and anon broke off to marvel at the other's conversation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You women are always thinking of men's being in liquor.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Perry tells me that Mr. Cole never touches malt liquor.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A chemical substance found in drinks such as beer, wine, and liquor.

(Alcohol, NCI Dictionary)

From one window there thrust forth a long pole with a bunch of greenery tied to the end of it—a sign that liquor was to be sold within.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A dish of their meat was a good mouthful, and a barrel of their liquor a reasonable draught.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)