alcoholic beverage

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alcoholic beverage - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"alcohol, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicantdrug of abuse, street drug - a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addictionbeverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"proof spirit - a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheithome brew, homebrew - an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at homehooch, hootch - an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquorkava, kavakava - an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrubaperitif - alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizerbrew, brewage - drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distillingrice beer, sake, saki - Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hotnipa - made from sap of the Australasian nipa palmvino, wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially)booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermentedneutral spirits, ethyl alcohol - nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurspulque - fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the magueycordial, liqueur - strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a mealmixed drink - made of two or more ingredientshard cider - alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverageperry - a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard ciderrotgut - any alcoholic beverage of inferior qualityslug - an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped; "he took a slug of hard liquor"koumiss, kumis - an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia

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