liquor
pronunciation
How to pronounce liquor in British English:
UK [ˈlɪkə(r)]
How to pronounce liquor in American English:
US [ˈlɪkər]
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- Noun:
- distilled rather than fermented
- a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
- the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked
Word Origin
- liquor (n.)
- c. 1200, likur "any matter in a liquid state," from Old French licor "fluid, liquid; sap; oil" (Modern French liqueur), from Latin liquorem (nominative liquor) "liquidity, fluidity," also "a liquid, the sea," from liquere "be fluid, liquid" (see liquid (adj.)). Narrowed sense of "fermented or distilled drink" (especially wine) first recorded c. 1300. To liquor up "get drunk" is from 1845. The form in English has been assimilated to Latin, but the pronunciation has not changed.
Example
- 1. Some even collect rare bottles of the liquor .
- 2. The next gift was from the liquor store owner 's son .
- 3. Of all the investment opportunities in china , why liquor stores ?
- 4. Instead she continued pouring , the clear liquor overflowing into the wooden box .
- 5. Boutiques sell organic yogurt and chic secondhand furniture next to seedy stores stocked with cut-price liquor and junk food .