pot liquor

pot liquor

n.

See liquor.

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pot liquor

n

(Cookery) chiefly US the broth in which meat, esp pork or bacon, and vegetables have been cooked

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pot′ liq`uor

n.

the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.

[1735–45]

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Noun

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pot liquor - the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked pot likker, liquor broth, stock - liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock"

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