STRONG DRINK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strong drink mean? 

• STRONG DRINK (noun)
  The noun STRONG DRINK has 1 sense:

1. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

  Familiarity information: STRONG DRINK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRONG DRINK (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 ("strong drink" 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 "strong drink"):

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)

 Context examples 

With Martin the need for strong drink had vanished.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was like strong drink, firing him to audacities of feeling,—a drug that laid hold of his imagination and went cloud-soaring through the sky.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)