26984 words

liquor

3 definitions • 4 examples
1

Examples:

He spent most of his money on liquor and drugs.
Count a drink as 12 ounces of regular beer, 5 ounces of wine or one shot of liquor or spirits.
2
the liquid in which food is cooked or steeped (= kept in to improve its flavour):

Examples:

Take the mixture off the heat once it has concentrated to a thin but aromatic liquor.
Lift the pears out of the liquor into a serving bowl.
3
an alcoholic drink, esp. one that has been distilled (= heated to a gas, then cooled to a liquid)

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