liquor
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liquor
- /ˈlɪk.ə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈlɪk.ɚ/ US
Sounds like licker · Rhymes with -ɪkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English licour, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid”); see liquid. Doublet of liqueur.
noun liquors · liquour · liqa · liquuh
- A liquid, a fluid. Thus Water also, or any other Liquor, included in a convenient vessel, by being warmed, manifestly expands it self with a very great violence […]
- A beverage, any drinkable liquid.
- A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
- Strong (high-ABV) alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation. Here the proprietor has had the good sense of holding on to the good old fashion of giving his customers their moneyworth of good wines and liquors.
- Any alcoholic beverage.
- In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
- A liquid in which something has been steeped.
verb liquors · liquoring · liquored · liquour · liqa
- To drink liquor, usually to excess.
- To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
- To grease. Liquor fishermen's boots.
