English > hard drink: 1 sense > noun 1, food| Meaning | An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented. |
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| Synonyms | liquor, spirits, booze, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink |
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| Narrower | aqua vitae, ardent spirits | Strong distilled liquor or brandy |
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| aquavit, akvavit | Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds |
| arrack, arak | Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses |
| bitters | alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots |
| brandy | distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice |
| firewater | Any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum) |
| gin | Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries |
| lacing | A small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage |
| mescal | A colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) |
| ouzo | A Greek liquor flavored with anise |
| rum | liquor distilled from fermented molasses |
| schnapps, schnaps | Any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes |
| tequila | Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant |
| vodka | unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia |
| whiskey, whisky | A liquor made from fermented mash of grain |
| Broader | alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant | A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent |
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| Spanish | aguardiente, alcohol, bebida fuerte, licor, trago |
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| Catalan | aiguardent, alcohol, beguda forta, esperit de vi, licor |
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