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hard liquor

hard liquor noun: synonym of liquor (strict sense): a beverage that has been distilled to give it a high alcohol content (high proof, high ABV).

Noun

hard liquor (countable and uncountable, plural hard liquors)

  1. Synonym of liquor (strict sense): a beverage that has been distilled to give it a high alcohol content (high proof, high ABV).
    • Various hard liquors have become cultural touchstones, as bourbon in Kentucky, vodka in Russia, and baijiu in China.

Synonyms of hard liquor

Forms of hard liquor

pluralhard liquors

Origin of hard liquor

Clarification of the intended sense of liquor, which originally had a wider sense of application to many liquids and remains polysemous regarding distilled alcoholic drinks versus nondistilled ones (such as beer and wine).

Questions about hard liquor

What does hard liquor mean?
Hard liquor means synonym of liquor (strict sense): a beverage that has been distilled to give it a high alcohol content (high proof, high ABV).
What part of speech is hard liquor?
Hard liquor is a noun.
What is the plural of hard liquor?
The plural of hard liquor is hard liquors.

Words near hard liquor in the dictionary

  1. hard light
  2. hard line
  3. hard lines
  4. hard link
  5. hard links
  6. hard liquor
  7. hard liquors
  8. hard loser
  9. hard losers
  10. hard luck
  11. hard luxury

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