corn liquor

noun

A distilled spirit, derived from maize, having a high alcohol content and little flavor.

Meanings

nouncorn liquor (countable and uncountable, plural corn liquors)

plural corn liquors

  1. UScountableuncountableA distilled spirit, derived from maize, having a high alcohol content and little flavor.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwhiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash

Broader
corn whiskeycorn whiskycorn

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

corn liquor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20liquor

MLA

“corn liquor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20liquor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corn liquor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20liquor.

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