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# liquor

«liquor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong alcoholic drink, such as whisky or rum** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural liquors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Liquor is a strong alcoholic drink, such as whisky or rum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquor/#m1)

2) (old use) Liquor can mean any drink or liquid, such as the juice left after food is cooked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquor/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories, liquor is a drink poured out for guests; in the lessons it is a strong drink that can harm people.

### examples

- The old man poured a cup of liquor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquor/#x1)
- Strong liquor is not good for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquor/#x2)
- The cook saved the liquor from the boiled peas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquor/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «liquor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.