Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
malt liquor \malt liquor\ n. An alcoholic drink made with malt.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US English) beer, especially that having a higher than normal alcohol content. 2 (context archaic English) Any beverage brew#Verb from malt, including ale, beer and porter, typically having lower alcohol content than modern brews.
WordNet
n. a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer [syn: malt]
Wikipedia
Malt liquor, in North America, is beer with high alcohol content. Legally, it often includes any alcoholic beverage with 5% or more alcohol by volume made with malted barley. In common usage it refers to beers containing a high alcohol content, generally above 6%, which are made with ingredients and processes resembling those for American-style lagers. This label is subject to the viewpoint of the brewer, and there are examples of brews containing high-quality, expensive ingredients that brewers have chosen to label as "malt liquors."
In parts of Canada, the term "malt liquor" ( French: liqueur de malt) is used to refer to any malt beverages in general.
Usage examples of "malt liquor".
Effie had since told Raina that the black liquid was nothing more than charcoal mixed with malt liquor, and Raina believed her .
As soon as Duff finished the stitching, Angus had forced a flask full of malt liquor down his throat and hefted him over Moose's back.
He was strong, she could tell, but not like some of the beasts they'd processed here, those kids from Alphabet City or Harlem with perfect bodies that even huge quantities of crack and smack and malt liquor couldn't soften.
They communicate an agreeable flavour to malt liquor, if infused in it while in the vat, and render it a useful drink in scorbutic disorders.
For more information see articles on President Doofman, Terran Confederation, and Good Buzz Malt Liquor.
Creedmore splashed cold malt liquor down his chest, rubbed himself with it.
Three young black men pushed out of an arcade and cracked open a bottle of Colt 45 malt liquor, laughing hard as they disappeared down an alley.
The customer ahead of me bought two six-packs of Old English 800 Malt Liquor.
For this purpose, the plant was gathered when in flower and dried, the fresh herb being considered unsuitable for this object: malt liquor was then boiled with it so as to form a strong decoction, and the liquid thus prepared was added to the beer.
They'll pass you a quart of malt liquor and never wipe the bottle when you hand it back They'll sit on doorsteps with you for hours.
He tried a sip of the black liquid within, found it to be a powerful fermented brew something like a highly alcoholic malt liquor.
Max was promoted to the sixth floor and put in charge of an $18 million account for a low-fat malt liquor called Steed.