hard liquor

English

Etymology

Clarification of hard drink or liquor, which originally had a wider sense of application to many liquids.

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.

   Various hard liquors have become cultural touchstones, as bourbon in Kentucky, vodka in Russia, and baijiu in China.

Coordinate terms

• soft drink

See also

• short drink, shooter
• spirits