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[1] Also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol. a colorless, limpid, volatile, flammable, water-miscible liquid, C2 H5 OH, having an etherlike odor and pungent, burning taste, the intoxicating principle of fermented liquors, produced by yeast fermentation of certain carbohydrates, as grains, molasses, starch, or sugar, or obtained synthetically by hydration of ethylene or as a by-product of certain hydrocarbon syntheses: used chiefly as a solvent in the extraction of specific substances, in beverages, medicines, organic synthesis, lotions, tonics, colognes, rubbing compounds, as an automobile radiator antifreeze, and as a rocket fuel. Compare denatured alcohol, methyl alcohol.
[2] whiskey, gin, vodka, or any other intoxicating liquor containing this liquid.
[3] Chemistry . any of a class of chemical compounds having the general formula ROH, where R represents an alkyl group and –OH a hydroxyl group, as in methyl alcohol, CH3 OH, or ethyl alcohol, C2 H5 OH.
[4] Also called: ethanol , ethyl alcohol a colourless flammable liquid, the active principle of intoxicating drinks, produced by the fermentation of sugars, esp glucose, and used as a solvent and in the manufacture of organic chemicals. Formula: C 2 H 5 OH
[5] a drink or drinks containing this substance
[6] chem any one of a class of organic compounds that contain one or more hydroxyl groups bound to carbon atoms. The simplest alcohols have the formula ROH, where R is an alkyl group Compare phenol (def. 2) See also diol, triol

Words related to Alcohol

smoke, liquor, drink, booze, methanol, ethanol, intoxicant, cocktail, moonshine, tipple, sauce, firewater, toddy, alky, rotgut, hootch, palliative, red-eye

Words nearby Alcohol

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Origin of Alcohol

1535–45; < New Latin < Medieval Latin < Arabic al-kuḥl the powdered antimony, the distillate

Word origin for Alcohol

C16: via New Latin from Medieval Latin, from Arabic al-kuhl powdered antimony; see kohl

Synonyms for Alcohol

booze, drink, ethanol, liquor, methanol, smoke, alky, cocktail, firewater, hootch, intoxicant, moonshine, palliative, rotgut, sauce, spirits, tipple, toddy, canned heat, hard stuff, red-eye