1. An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
   "The bar stocked a wide variety of liquor for cocktails";
   - spirits [Brit], hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn [informal], strong drink, spirit [Brit]
    
2. A liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
   "waste liquors"
    
3. The liquid in which vegetables or meat have been cooked
   "She saved the pot liquor from the greens to use in her next soup";
   - pot liquor [US], pot likker [US, informal]

1. Steep in water, esp. malt for brewing
   "The brewer liquored the barley to begin the brewing process"

Sounds like: licker

Derived forms: liquors, liquoring, liquored

Type of: alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, booze [informal], broth, inebriant, intoxicant, juice [N. Amer, informal], liquid, stock

Encyclopedia: Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union