"hard liquor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hard liquors [plural]
Etymology: Clarification of hard drink and/or liquor, which originally had a wider sense of application to many liquids. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hard drink}} hard drink, {{m|en|liquor}} liquor Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hard liquor (countable and uncountable, plural hard liquors)
  1. Synonym of liquor: a beverage that has been distilled to give it a high alcohol content. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Alcoholic beverages Synonyms: liquor [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: short drink, shooter, spirits Coordinate_terms: soft drink
    Sense id: en-hard_liquor-en-noun-hp-gDIaQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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