"strong drink" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: strong drinks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} strong drink (countable and uncountable, plural strong drinks)
  1. (narrowly) An alcoholic beverage that has been distilled rather than only fermented and is thus stronger (having higher abv) than undistilled ones. Wikidata QID: Q56139 Tags: countable, narrowly, uncountable Synonyms: spirits, hard liquor, hard drink, liquor, booze Hypernyms: drink, liquor, booze, hard drink, strong drink, drink, beverage Coordinate_terms: beer, wine, cider, hard cider, soft drink
    Sense id: en-strong_drink-en-noun-en:Q56139 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43
  2. (broadly) Any alcoholic beverage, which is stronger (having abv) than nonalcoholic ones. Wikidata QID: Q154 Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Synonyms: drink, hard drink, liquor, booze Hypernyms: drink, beverage Coordinate_terms: soft drink
    Sense id: en-strong_drink-en-noun-en:Q154 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

Inflected forms

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