liquor
3
7.4
- noun
- /ˈlɪkər/
- Specialized
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licor (industrial)
- The Washington State Liquor Control Board is updating its website as information is released
- mixed liquor
One DRAM of liquor, of ammonia that burns.
- One DRAM of liquor, of ammonia that burns.
Examples
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Food means anything from fresh produce and seafood to animal feed, liquor, and chewing gum.
Academic text (2003) -
and it will supply liquor for our own operation at the same time.
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May I have the key to the liquor cabinet please?
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We used to make corn liquor out of this.
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You made good money on liquor in those days, what with cheap costs and no federal taxes to pay either.
Fiction book (1990) -
In good years, he fermented some of the extra corn and made corn liquor, but he partook of it only once, and this story also deals with that taste.
Fiction book (1997) -
Luckily, I had on hand some homemade Mongolian-style lamb liquor, which I'd made by soaking a raw joint of lamb in some bottom-shelf vodka for a week.
Academic text (2004) -
The port allows a small stream of mixed liquor to continuously feed into the settling ditch.
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Sugar is added and mixed with the liquor after it is refined through giant rollers.
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Food means anything from fresh produce and seafood to animal feed, liquor, and chewing gum.
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.5
A thick dark paste made by grinding cocoa beans that forms the base for chocolate
- US
1
7.9
Liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat that is used as a base for soup
Surface Forms
Etymology
Liquor originally meant any 'liquid' and shares the root with liquid. In factories the word came to mean a liquid used in a process, so liquor can mean a solution or waste liquid in industry.