| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intoxicating, flammable liquid |
| Synonyms: | alky, booze, canned heat, cocktail, drink, ethanol, firewater, hard stuff, hootch, intoxicant, liquor, methanol, moonshine, palliative, red-eye, rotgut, sauce, smoke*, spirits, tipple, toddy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | juice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid squeezed from fruit, plant |
| Synonyms: | abstract, alcohol, aqua vitae, distillation, drink, essence, extract, fluid, liquor, milk, nectar, oil, sap, sauce, secretion, serum, spirit, syrup, water |
| Main Entry: | liqueur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquor |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, alcoholic beverage, aperitif, booze, brandy, cognac, cordial, flavored drink, intoxicant, port, spirits |
| Notes: | liqueur is essentially the same word as liquor (from Latin), though the words have different meanings - liqueur is a strong highly flavored, often sweetened, alcoholic drink while liquor is an alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than fermentation (which would be beer, wine) |
| Main Entry: | liquor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drink; alcoholic beverage |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, aqua vitae, booze, broth, decoction, drinkable, elixir, extract, firewater, fluid, hard stuff, inebriant, infusion, intoxicant, liquid, moonshine, poison*, potable, sauce, solvent, spirits, stock, the bottle, whiskey |
| Notes: | liqueur is essentially the same word as liquor (from Latin), though the words have different meanings - liqueur is a strong highly flavored, often sweetened, alcoholic drink while liquor is an alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than fermentation (which would be beer, wine) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | whiskey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | booze |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, bourbon, corn, distill, distiller, distillery, drink, hooch, liquor, moonshine, moonshiner, mountain dew, poteen, rotgut, rye, scotch, spirits, spiritus frumenti, usquebaugh, white lightning |
| Notes: | bourbon (named for Bourbon County, Kentucky) is an American whiskey made from at least 51 percent corn, plus other grains (all bourbons are whiskey, but not all whiskeys are bourbon); whiskey is an alcoholic liquor distilled from grain, such as corn, rye, or barley, and containing approximately 40 to 50 percent ethyl alcohol by volume - and the varieties include bourbon whiskey, corn whiskey, and rye whiskey whiskey is the preferred spelling in Ireland and the United States; whisky is the spelling in Canada and Great Britain |
| Main Entry: | booze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquor |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, alcoholic drink, cocktail, hard liquor, hard stuff, hooch, hootch, sauce, spirits |
| Main Entry: | alcoholic beverage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alcoholic drink |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, beer, booze, cocktail, drink, hard drink, hard liquor, inebriant, intoxicant, liqueur, liquor, mixed drink, spirits, wine |
| Main Entry: | ardent spirits |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong distilled liquor |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, alcoholic liquor, aqua vitae, booze, hard liquor, intoxicant, liquor, spirits, strong waters |
| Main Entry: | preservative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chemical compound |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, chemical, formaldehyde, salt, saltpeter, vinegar |
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