hard liquor

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hard liquor

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Clarification of the intended sense of liquor, which originally had a wider sense of application to many liquids and remains polysemous regarding distilled alcoholic drinks versus nondistilled ones (such as beer and wine).

noun hard liquors

countable, uncountable Synonym of liquor (strict sense): a beverage that has been distilled to give it a high alcohol content (high proof, high ABV). Various hard liquors have become cultural touchstones, as bourbon in Kentucky, vodka in Russia, and baijiu in China.
Similar: spirits, hard drink, strong drink, booze, aqua vitae, water of life, liquor

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@misc{hard_liquor_2026,
  title = {hard liquor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hard%20liquor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}