Definitions for liquor
ˈlɪk ər or, for 3 , -wɔrliquor

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drinknoun

   an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

2. liquornoun

   a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process

   "waste liquors"

3. liquor, pot liquor, pot likkernoun

   the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked

Wiktionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. liquornoun

   A liquid.

2. liquornoun

   A drinkable liquid.

3. liquornoun

   A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).

4. liquornoun

   Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.

5. liquorverb

   To drink liquor, usually to excess.

6. liquorverb

   To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. LIQUORnoun

   Etymology: liquor, Latin; liqueur, French.

   1. Any thing liquid: it is commonly used of fluids inebriating, or impregnated with something, or made by decoction.

   Nor envy’d them the grape
   Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes. John Milton.

   Sin taken into the soul, is like a liquor poured into a vessel; so much of it as it fills, it also seasons. Robert South, Sermons.

   2. Strong drink; in familiar language.

2. To Liquorverb

   To drench or moisten.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Cart wheels squeak not when they are liquored. Francis Bacon.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Liquornoun

   any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like

2. Liquornoun

   specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc

3. Liquornoun

   a solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua

4. Liquorverb

   to supply with liquor

5. Liquorverb

   to grease

6. Etymology: [OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See Liquid, and cf. Liqueur.]

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1. Liquor

   Liquor is Poppy Z. Brite's first novel in the liquor novels, which revolves around the two young chefs Rickey and G-man, their restaurant and their life in New Orleans. It's been released in the United States on March 16, 2004.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Liquor

   lik′ur, n. anything liquid: strong drink: a strong solution of a particular substance: any prepared solution.—v.t. to apply liquor or a solution to: (Shak.) to rub with oil or grease.—v.i. (slang) to drink (esp. with up).—n. Liq′uor-gauge, a rod used by excisemen for measuring the depth of liquid in a cask.—Liquor laws, restrictive legislation with regard to the sale of intoxicating drink.—In liquor, drunk; Malt liquors, liquors brewed from malt. [O. Fr. liqeur—L. liquor-em—liquēre.]

Matched Categories

1. • Alcoholic Beverage
   • Broth
   • Liquid

How to pronounce liquor?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say liquor in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of liquor in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of liquor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of liquor in a Sentence

1. Eliza Mother Stewart:

   No power on earth or above the bottomless pit has such influence to terrorize and make cowards of men as the liquor power. Satan could not have fallen on a more potent instrument with which to thrall the world. Alcohol is king

2. Numbers 63 Bible Hebrew:

   He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

3. Kraig Powell:

   Like everything else we try in Utah liquor laws, it may sound a little strange to one side or the other, because the lines have been drawn so starkly in the past, it's really important to have some new, out-of-the-box thinking to try to have a breakthrough.

4. William F. Buckley Jr.:

   Marijuana is not much more difficult to obtain than beer. The reason for this is that a liquor store selling beer to a minor stands to lose its liquor license. Marijuana salesmen don't have expensive overheads, and so are not easily punished.

5. Baylen Linnekin:

   Problems like these do pop up occasionally and liquor control enforcement does take these cases very seriously. when it comes to alcohol laws, as I've insinuated previously, Pennsylvania is about as close to Saudi Arabia as you can get in America.

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