from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.
- n. A rich broth resulting from the prolonged cooking of meat or vegetables, especially greens. Also called pot liquor.
- n. An aqueous solution of a nonvolatile substance.
- n. A solution, emulsion, or suspension for industrial use.
- transitive v. To steep (malt, for example).
- transitive v. Slang To make drunk with alcoholic liquor. Often used with up: was all liquored up.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A liquid.
- n. A drinkable liquid.
- n. A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- n. Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
- v. To drink liquor, usually to excess.
- v. To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
- v. To grease.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.
- n. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc.
- n. A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from
- transitive v. To supply with liquor.
- transitive v. To grease.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To moisten; drench.
- To rub with oil or grease; anoint; lubricate.
- To treat with a liquor; apply liquor or a solution to, as in various manufacturing operations.
- To give liquor to; supply with liquor for drinking.
- To drink; especially, to drink spirits: often with up.
- n. A liquid or fluid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, etc.
- n. A strong or active liquid of any sort.
- n. A strong solution of a particular substance, used in the industrial arts. The liquor of any substance is that substance held in solution, and the word used absolutely has meanings differing according to the indnstry in which it is used.
- n. An elixir.
- n. Hence— Any prepared solution, as a sugar solution for claying the loaves, or a solution of a dye or mordant.
- n. A dilution, as in liquor ammoniæ. [In technical Latin phrases pronounced li′ kwôr, as in liquor amnii, liquor potosseæ, etc.]
- n. Measured (in selling) with their natural juice, as oysters: opposed to solid.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
- n. the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked
- n. a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
The week before, however, in a speech to the AFL-CIO convention in Hartford, Lieberman used the phrase liquor store.
When the liquor is about 70°, it is generally tunned off into a large vat or cask for it to ferment.
December 27th, 2009 12: 56 pm ET there is an inherent danger to the presence of alcohol onboard an airplane, being in liquor bottles or after shave, as they can be used as an accelerant. wIth a piece of cloth or string and a match or a cig lighter ... why do we still allow that onboard?
Also, I find it interesting that preference for liquor is pretty consistent across all categories.
“Also, I find it interesting that preference for liquor is pretty consistent across all categories.”
If you study the numbers closely, you see that liquor is probably wildly popular with women in their 20s, and unpopular with men the same age. lh says:
Drinking straight liquor is ... well ... for people like you!
On the windows there were gratings like those in liquor stores.
Because the flavor of the liquor is not obstructed by that of charred oak barrels, tasters can get a sense of such elemental whiskeymaking processes as the quality and mix of the grains and the basic technique (ranging from murderous to masterful) of the distiller.
After a century-long ban in the U.S., the federal government gave absinthe a semi-green light in 2007, and the anise-flavored liquor is making its way into cocktails from some of the most talented mixologists around the country.