white liquor

noun

Highly distilled strong spirits, which are clear and colorless; generally being vodka, gin, white rum, tequila blanco, aquavit.

Meanings

nounwhite liquor (countable and uncountable, plural white liquors)

plural white liquors

  1. A clear colorless liquor
    1. countableinformaluncountablecookingHighly distilled strong spirits, which are clear and colorless; generally being vodka, gin, white rum, tequila blanco, aquavit.
    2. countableinformaluncountablecookingTraditional strong East Asian clear colorless alcoholic drinks; generally being baijiu (白酒), shaojiu (燒酒/烧酒), soju (소주/燒酒), sochu (焼酎/しょうちゅう).
  2. countableuncountableartsA strongly alkaline caustic white liquid composed mainly of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used in the production of wood pulp in papermaking.
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