noun
1. 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
• Syn: ↑ethanol, ↑fermentation alcohol, ↑grain alcohol
• Hypernyms: ↑alcohol, ↑plant product
• Hyponyms: ↑spirits of wine, ↑absolute alcohol, ↑denatured alcohol
• Substance Holonyms: ↑neutral spirits, ↑gasohol
2. nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
• Syn: ↑neutral spirits
• Hypernyms: ↑alcohol, ↑alcoholic drink, ↑alcoholic beverage, ↑intoxicant, ↑inebriant
• Substance Meronyms: ↑ethanol, ↑fermentation alcohol, ↑grain alcohol
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= ↑ethanol
Useful english dictionary. 2012.