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Word entry · 6 letters

liquor

Best crossword clue

"Strong drink"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɪk.ə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted iloqruStarts with LEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the liquid in which vegetables or meat have been cooked

Word origin

From Middle English licour, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid”); see liquid. Doublet of liqueur.

Used in a sentence

  • Thus Water also, or any other Liquor, included in a convenient vessel, by being warmed, manifestly expands it self with a very great violence […]
  • Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, "Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."
  • Here the proprietor has had the good sense of holding on to the good old fashion of giving his customers their moneyworth of good wines and liquors.

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