noun
Meaning 1
A liquid, a fluid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
liquor
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈlɪk.ə(ɹ)/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈlɪk.ɚ/
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homophone: licker
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rhymes with -ɪkə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: L IH1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A beverage, any drinkable liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beverage, beveridge, drink, libation, liquor, potable, potation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stock, pot liquor, broth, bouillon
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Strong (high-ABV) alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, US, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spirits, booze, hard liquor, hard drink, strong drink, aqua vitae, water of life
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liquor, booze, adult beverage, hard drink, strong drink, drink, beverage
noun
Meaning 6
Any alcoholic beverage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adult beverage, alcohol, bevvy, booze, carouse, drink, fuddling, grog, hard drink, libation, liquor, lush, nightcap, potation, potent potable, sauce, shot, strong drink, strong water, tiddly, tincture, tipple
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A liquid in which something has been steeped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To drink liquor, usually to excess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To grease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pot liquor, pot likker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: broth, stock
noun
Meaning 13
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant
Narrower terms: aqua vitae, ardent spirits, aquavit, akvavit, arrack, arak, bitters, brandy, gin, ouzo, rum, schnapps, schnaps, mescal, tequila, vodka, whiskey, whisky, firewater, lacing
noun
Meaning 14
a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- waste liquors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liquid
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
112 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бульо́н (buljón) — liquid obtained by cooking meat and/or vegetables
- Catalan: suc — liquid obtained by cooking meat and/or vegetables
- Estonian: leem — liquid obtained by cooking meat and/or vegetables
- Finnish: liemi — liquid obtained by cooking meat and/or vegetables
- Irish: licéar — liquid obtained by cooking meat and/or vegetables
- Polish: bulion — liquid obtained by cooking meat and/or vegetables
- Russian: бульо́н (bulʹón) — liquid obtained by cooking meat and/or vegetables
- Spanish: jugo — liquid obtained by cooking meat and/or vegetables
- Welsh: gwlych — liquid obtained by cooking meat and/or vegetables
- Arabic: كُحُول (kuḥūl) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Arabic: خَمْر (ḵamr) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Belarusian: алкаго́льны напо́й (alkahólʹny napój) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Belarusian: алкаго́ль (alkahólʹ) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Bhojpuri: शराब (śarāb) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Bulgarian: спи́ртна напи́тка (spírtna napítka) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Burmese: အရက် (a.rak) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Catalan: licor — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Chinese Mandarin: 烈酒 (lièjiǔ) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Chinese Mandarin: 蒸餾酒 /蒸馏酒 (zhēngliújiǔ) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Czech: lihovina — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Danish: likør — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Danish: spiritus — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Dutch: sterke drank — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Dutch: sterkedrank — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Esperanto: likvoro — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Estonian: viin (vodka) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Estonian: naps — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Finnish: viina — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Finnish: väkevä alkoholijuoma — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Finnish: väkevä — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- French: spiritueux — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Galician: licor — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- German: Spirituose — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- German: Lebenswasser — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- German: Branntwein — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Hebrew: שֵׁכָר (shekhár) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Hindi: दारू (dārū) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Hindi: मदिरा (madirā) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Hindi: शराब (śarāb) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Hindi: नशा (naśā) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Hindi: सुरा (surā) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Hungarian: likőr — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Hungarian: tömény — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Hungarian: rövidital — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Hunsrik: Likoer — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Ingrian: viina — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Irish: deoch mheisciúil — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Italian: liquore — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Javanese: likir — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Khmer: ស្រា (sraa) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Khmer: សុរា (soraa) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Korean: 술 (sul) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Lao: ເຫລົ້າ (lao) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Lao: ສຸຣາ (su rā) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Lao: ສຸລາ (su lā) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Latin: tēmētum — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Latin: ebriamen — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Latin: aqua vitae — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Latvian: liķieris — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Latvian: spirts — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Lezgi: ички (ički) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Macedonian: жесток пијалок (žestok pijalok) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Malay: arak — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Malay: minuman keras — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Malayalam: മദ്യം (madyaṁ) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Malayalam: കള്ള് (kaḷḷŭ) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Malayalam: ലഹരിപാനീയം (laharipānīyaṁ) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Māori: waipiro — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Khiamniungan Naga: thīng — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Norwegian Bokmål: brennevin — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Norwegian Bokmål: sprit — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Dari: عَرَق (araq) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Dari: شَرَاب (šarāb) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Iranian Persian: عَرَق (araġ) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Iranian Persian: شَراب (šarâb) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Polish: trunek — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Polish: akwawita — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Polish: okowita — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Portuguese: licor — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Quechua: aqha — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Romanian: lichior — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Russian: спиртно́й напи́ток (spirtnój napítok) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Russian: алкого́льный напи́ток (alkogólʹnyj napítok) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Russian: кре́пкий напи́ток (krépkij napítok) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Russian: спирт (spirt) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Russian: алкого́ль (alkogólʹ) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Scottish Gaelic: deoch làidir — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Scottish Gaelic: spiorad — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Serbo-Croatian: жестоко пиће — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Serbo-Croatian: žestoko piće — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Slovak: liehovina — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Slovene: žgana pijača — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Spanish: licor — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Swedish: sprit — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Swedish: likör — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Tagalog: likor — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Thai: เหล้า (lâo) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Thai: สุรา (sù-raa) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Ukrainian: алкого́льний напі́й (alkohólʹnyj napíj) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Ukrainian: алкого́ль (alkohólʹ) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Urdu: مَدِرا (madirā) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Urdu: شَراب (śarāb) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Urdu: عَرَق ('araq) — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Welsh: gwirod — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Welsh: diod gadarn — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- West Flemish: kortndrank — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Zhuang: laeuj — strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
- Esperanto: reaglikvo — liquid used in process industry to produce a desired reaction
- Finnish: liemi — liquid used in process industry to produce a desired reaction
- Spanish: licor — liquid used in process industry to produce a desired reaction
- Estonian: jooma — to drink liquor, usually to excess
- Estonian: purjutama — to drink liquor, usually to excess
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