mother liquor

noun

The solution remaining after a component has been removed by processes such as filtration, crystallization, etc.

Meanings

nounmother liquor (countable and uncountable, plural mother liquors)

plural mother liquors

  1. countableuncountablechemistryThe solution remaining after a component has been removed by processes such as filtration, crystallization, etc.

Translations

German Mutterlauge
  • MutterlaugeTranslations
Tagalog agwamadre
  • agwamadreTranslations
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APA

mother liquor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mother%20liquor

MLA

“mother liquor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mother%20liquor. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mother liquor,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mother%20liquor.

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