English > liqueur: 1 sense > noun 1, food| Meaning | Strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal / meal. |
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| Synonym | cordial |
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| Narrower | Chartreuse | aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils |
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| Drambuie | A sweet Scotch whisky liqueur |
| Galliano | golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs |
| Pernod | (registered trademark) a liqueur flavored with anise |
| absinth, absinthe | Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise |
| amaretto | An Italian almond liqueur |
| anisette, anisette de Bordeaux | liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed |
| benedictine | A French liqueur originally / originally made by Benedictine monks |
| coffee liqueur | coffee-flavored liqueur |
| creme de cacao | Sweet liqueur flavored with vanilla and cacao beans |
| creme de fraise | strawberry-flavored liqueur |
| creme de menthe | Sweet green or white mint-flavored liqueur |
| kummel | liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin |
| maraschino, maraschino liqueur | distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries |
| orange liqueur | liqueur flavored with orange |
| pastis | Similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood |
| pousse-cafe | small drink served after dinner (especially several liqueurs poured carefully so as to remain in separate layers) |
| ratafia, ratafee | Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds |
| sambuca | An Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice |
| Broader | alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant | A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent |
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| Spanish | cordial, licor |
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| Catalan | cordial, licor |
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