English > alcohol: 2 senses > noun 1, food| Meaning | A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent. |
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| Example | "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" |
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| Synonyms | alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant |
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| Narrower | aperitif | alcoholic beverage taken before a meal / meal as an appetizer |
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| brew, brewage | drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling |
| hard cider | alcoholic drink from fermented cider |
| home brew, homebrew | An alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home |
| hooch, hootch | An illicitly distilled (and usually inferior / inferior) alcoholic liquor |
| kava, kavakava | An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub |
| koumiss, kumis | An alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk |
| liqueur, cordial | Strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal / meal |
| liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink | An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented |
| mixed drink | made of two or more ingredients |
| neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol | nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs |
| nipa | made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm |
| perry | A fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears |
| proof spirit | A mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit |
| pulque | fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey |
| rotgut | Any alcoholic beverage of inferior / inferior quality |
| sake, saki, rice beer | Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice |
| slug | An amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped |
| wine, vino | fermented juice (of grapes especially) |
| Broader | beverage, drink, drinkable, potable | Any liquid / liquid suitable for drinking |
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| drug of abuse, street drug | A drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects) |
| Spanish | alcohol, bebida alcohólica |
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| Catalan | alcohol, beguda alcohòlica, intoxicant |
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| Adjectives | alcoholic | characteristic of or containing alcohol |
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| Verbs | alcoholize | make alcoholic, as by fermenting |
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| alcoholize | treat or infuse with alcohol |
English > alcohol: 2 senses > noun 2, substance| Meaning | Any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation. |
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| Narrower | allyl alcohol, propenyl alcohol | An unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit |
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| amyl alcohol | A mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols |
| butyl alcohol, butanol | A flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents |
| cyclohexanol | A colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor |
| diol, glycol, dihydric alcohol | Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule |
| ethyl alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol | The intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors |
| glycerol, glycerin, glycerine | A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils |
| isopropyl alcohol, isopropanol | alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent |
| lauryl alcohol, 1-dodecanol | A colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals |
| methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit | A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol |
| propanol, propyl alcohol | A clear colorless volatile liquid / liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic |
| sterol, steroid alcohol | Any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals |
| Broader | liquid | A substance that is liquid / liquid at room temperature and pressure |
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| Spanish | alcohol |
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| Catalan | alcohol |
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| Adjectives | alcoholic | characteristic of or containing alcohol |
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