Liqueur

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various strongly flavored alcoholic beverages typically served in small quantities after dinner.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Cordials are a type of liqueur manufactured using the infusion process as opposed to the essence and distillation processes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An aromatic alcoholic cordial.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An alcoholic drink, usually sweet and of high flavor and perfume; a cordial.
  • n. Especially— A strong and sweet wine like those grown in some southern places, such as Lunel, Alicant, and Cyprus, which are also called liqueur wines.
  • n. A spirituous compound based upon brandy or pure alcohol, and wholly artificial in its composition. These liqueurs are in a certain sense the successors of those of the middle ages, which were supposed to be universal remedies. Their modern use is almost exclusively the gratification of the palate. See curaçao, Benedictine, chartreuse, maraschino, eau-de-vie de Dantzig (under eau-de-vie), anisette, and cordial.
  • n. A mixture prepared for the purpose of dosing champagne, the effervescence and sweetness of the wine depending much upou, its composition. It consists either of wine or of fine brandy, or of a mixture of the two, with pure rockcandy dissolved in it.
  • n. Same as liqueur-glass.
  • To flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
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    Cross Reference
    cordial    ratafia   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    liquor    cordial    Benedictine    chartreuse    curaçao    curaçoa    maraschino    kirschwasser    hippocras    ratafia   
    Rhyme
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    Burr    Fleur    Fur    Kerr    Monsieur    Shir    Sir    Spur    Thur    Ur   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cognac    sherry    vodka    brandy    schnapps    elixir    syrup    beverage    sherbet    arrack