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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alcohol |
| Synonyms: | alcoholic drink, booze, drink, liquor |
| Main Entry: | alcohol |
| 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: | depressant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sedative |
| Synonyms: | calmant, downer, intoxicant, relaxant, tranquilizer |
| 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: | 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 |
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