liquid

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/ˈlɪk.wɪd/

adj 5noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

immiscible, miscible

When you mix oil and vinegar, they form immiscible liquids that separate into distinct layers.

QUANT

drop, pool

VERB + LIQUID

empty, pour

I poured the liquid carefully into the glass to avoid spilling it.

spill

drain (off), pour off, strain (off)

After boiling the pasta, she carefully poured off the hot liquid into the sink.

boil, bring to the boil, simmer

reduce

I reduced the liquid in the pan until the sauce became thick and glossy.

absorb, soak up

LIQUID + VERB

boil, simmer

LIQUID + NOUN

refreshment

The players were grateful for some liquid refreshment during the hot afternoon match.

soap

waste

The factory must treat its liquid waste before releasing it into the river.

PHRASES

in liquid form

The chocolate coating melts into liquid form when you heat it gently in a bowl.

Definitions

noun

A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no

A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.

The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.

Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

Many female forenames are regarded as euphonyms. What is and is not euphonious is necessarily subjective, but it could be suggested that names containing labials (b, m), sibilants (s, sh) and liquids (l, r) are more likely to be euphonyms than those that do not.

[…]-able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]

adj

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

liquid nitrogen

Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.

Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.

Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

a liquid melody

Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.

/l/ and /r/ are liquid consonants.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic rea

adjective — clear and bright

limpid

adjective — in cash or easily convertible to cash

fluid

adjective — smooth and unconstrained in movement

adjective — changed from a solid to a liquid state

melted
liquified

adjective — filled or brimming with tears

swimming

Antonyms

unmelted
gaseous
solid

Idioms & Phrases

liquid courage

Alcohol drunk to induce a feeling of courage.

“Their findings essentially suggest that while intoxication may not have resulted in beer goggles, it did seem to increase liquid courage, in that people were more likely to indica

Example Bank

A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.

Wiktionary

Many female forenames are regarded as euphonyms. What is and is not euphonious is necessarily subjective, but it could be suggested that names containing labials (b, m), sibilants (s, sh) and liquids

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liquid nitrogen

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a liquid melody

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/l/ and /r/ are liquid consonants.

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