• (British) IPA: /ˈlɪk.ə(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ˈlɪk.ɚ/

liquor

1. (obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:

     Thus Water also, or any other Liquor, included in a convenient vessel, by being warmed, manifestly expands it self with a very great violence […]

2. (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
3. A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
4. (UK, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
5. (chiefly, US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
6. In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
7. A liquid in which something has been steeped.

• (strong alcoholic drink) spirits (British and Australasian English)
• (liquid obtained by cooking food) stock, pot liquor (American English), broth, bouillon

• liqueur
• liquid
• liquidate
• liquidation
• liquidator
• liquidity
• liquidizer

• Spanish: jugo

• French: spiritueux
• German: Spirituose
• Italian: liquore
• Portuguese: licor
• Russian: спиртно́й напи́ток
• Spanish: licor

• Spanish: licor

liquor (liquors, present participle liquoring; past and past participle liquored)

1. (intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
2. (transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To grease.

   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene v]:

     Liquor fishermen's boots.