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liqueur

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As a noun, liqueur means a flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. As a verb, it means flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur.

Meanings of liqueur

4 meanings

noun

  1. A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.

  2. Strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a mealfood

    Similar: cordial

verb

  1. To flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur

  2. To top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution

    “Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a…
cordial

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