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liq⋅uor
[lik-er or, for 3, lik-wawr]
–noun
| 1. | a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer. |
| 2. | any liquid substance, as broth from cooked meats or vegetables. |
| 3. | Pharmacology. solution (def. 6). |
| 4. | a solution of a substance, esp. a concentrated one used in the industrial arts. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | Informal. to furnish or ply with liquor to drink (often fol. by up). |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | Informal. to drink large quantities of liquor (often fol. by up). |
Origin:
1175–1225; < L: a liquid, orig. liquidity (liqu(ēre) to be liquid + -or -or 1 ); r. ME lic(o)ur < OF (F liqueur) < L liquōrem, acc. of liquor
1175–1225; < L: a liquid, orig. liquidity (liqu(ēre) to be liquid + -or -or 1 ); r. ME lic(o)ur < OF (F liqueur) < L liquōrem, acc. of liquor

Related forms:
liq⋅uor⋅y, adjective
Synonyms:
2. juice, drippings.
2. juice, drippings.
so⋅lu⋅tion
[suh-loo-shuh
n]
–noun
| 1. | the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution. |
| 2. | the state of being solved: a problem capable of solution. |
| 3. | a particular instance or method of solving; an explanation or answer: The solution is as good as any other. |
| 4. | Mathematics.
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| 5. | Chemistry.
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| 6. | Pharmacology. Also called liquor. a liquid, usually water, in which a medication is dissolved. |
| 7. | Medicine/Medical.
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Liquor
Liq"uor\ (l[i^]k"[~e]r), n. [OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See Liquid, and cf. Liqueur.]1. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like. 2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc. 3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua. Note: The U. S. Pharmacop[oe]ia includes, in this class of preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aqu[ae] or waters. --U. S. Disp. Labarraque's liquor (Old Chem.), a solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant. Liquor of flints, or Liquor silicum (Old Chem.), soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made from powdered flints. See Soluble glass, under Glass. Liquor of Libavius. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under Fuming. Liquor sanguinis (s[a^]n"gw[i^]n*[i^]s) (Physiol.), the blood plasma. Liquor thief, a tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole. To be in liquor, to be intoxicated.
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Language Translation for : liquor
Spanish:
licor, bebida alcohólica,
German:
alkoholisches Getränk,
Japanese:
酒類
liquor
1225, likur "any matter in a liquid state," from O.Fr. licour, from L. liquorem (nom. liquor) "liquid, liquidity," from liquere "be fluid." Sense of "fermented or distilled drink" (especially wine) first recorded c.1300. To liquor up "get drunk" is from 1845.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: li·quor
Pronunciation: 'lik-&r
Function: noun
: a liquid substance: as a : a usually distilled rather than fermentedalcoholic beverage b : a solution of a medicinal substance usually in water —compare TINCTURE c : BATH 2b(1)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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liquor liq·uor (lĭk'ər)
n.
- An aqueous solution, especially of a medicinal substance.
- An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.
- (lī'kwôr, lĭk'wôr) In anatomical nomenclature, a term for any of several body fluids.
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