Liquor - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlɪkər|  American pronunciation of the word liquor
Brit.  |ˈlɪkə|  British pronunciation of the word liquor

noun

- an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented (syn: booze, spirits)
- a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
waste liquors
- the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked

Extra examples

He drinks beer and wine, but he doesn't drink any hard liquor.

The room was filled with cases of liquor.

The bar is stocked with beer, wine and liquor.

...the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood...

The restaurant's owner applied for a license to sell liquor.

The restaurant has now been licensed to sell liquor.

...a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar...

Suckers paid exorbitant prices for cut and adulterated liquor.

Two armed men held up a downtown liquor store last night.

Dad keeps all his liquor under lock and key.

Not a drop of liquor has passed my lips.

On the shelves were rank after rank of liquor bottles.

The sale of liquor is banned here on the Sabbath, and that's when the bootlegger bootlegs.

Paradoxically, the prohibition of liquor caused an increase in alcoholism.

He can hold his liquor

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