FIREWATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does firewater mean? 

• FIREWATER (noun)
  The noun FIREWATER has 1 sense:

1. any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum)

  Familiarity information: FIREWATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIREWATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("firewater" is a kind of...):

booze; hard drink; hard liquor; John Barleycorn; liquor; spirits; strong drink (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)