strong drink

noun

An alcoholic beverage that has been distilled rather than only fermented and is thus stronger (having higher abv) than undistilled ones.

“Would you like a soft drink or a strong drink tonight?”

Meanings

nounstrong drink (countable and uncountable, plural strong drinks)

plural strong drinks

  1. countablenarrowlyuncountableAn alcoholic beverage that has been distilled rather than only fermented and is thus stronger (having higher abv) than undistilled ones.

    He had long been fond of drink, but now he was tending toward the strong drink especially.

    Synonyms: spirits, hard liquor, hard drink, liquor, booze

  2. broadlycountableuncountableAny alcoholic beverage, which is stronger (having abv) than nonalcoholic ones.

    Would you like a soft drink or a strong drink tonight?

    Synonyms: drink, hard drink, liquor, booze

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn alcoholic beverage that has been distilled rather than only fermented and is thus stronger (having higher abv) than undistilled ones.

nounAny alcoholic beverage, which is stronger (having abv) than nonalcoholic ones.

More synonyms by meaning

nounan alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Polish napój alkoholowy
  • napój alkoholowyalcoholic drink
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Chicago

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