Meaning | The intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline. |
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Synonyms | ethyl alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol |
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Narrower | absolute alcohol | pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water) |
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denatured alcohol | ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes |
spirits of wine | rectified ethyl alcohol |
Broader | alcohol | Any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation |
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plant product | A product made from plant material |
Substance of | gasohol | A gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn |
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neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol | nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs |
Spanish | alcohol de grano, alcohol etílico, alcohol, etanol |
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Catalan | etanol |
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