strong drink

English

Noun

strong drink (countable and uncountable, plural strong drinks)

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

   Synonyms: spirits, hard liquor, hard drink (narrow sense), liquor (narrow sense), booze (narrow sense)

   Hypernyms: drink (alcoholic sense), liquor (broad sense), booze (broad sense), hard drink (broad sense), strong drink (broad sense) < drink (broad sense), beverage

   Coordinate terms: (undistilled) beer, wine, cider (hard sense), hard cider; (not even alcoholic at all) soft drink

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

4. (broadly) Any alcoholic beverage, which is stronger (having abv) than nonalcoholic ones.

   Synonyms: drink (alcoholic sense), hard drink (broad sense), liquor (broad sense), booze (broad sense)

   Hypernyms: drink (broad sense), beverage

   Hyponyms: (distilled) spirits, hard liquor, hard drink (narrow sense), strong drink (narrow sense), liquor (narrow sense), booze (narrow sense); (undistilled) beer, wine, cider (hard sense), hard cider

   Coordinate term: soft drink

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

Descendants

• → Scottish Gaelic: deoch làidir (calque)
• → Welsh: diod gadarn (calque)