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noun
1.
Also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol. a colorless, limpid, volatile, flammable, water-miscible liquid, C2H5OH, 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, CH3OH, or ethyl alcohol, C2H5OH.
Origin:
1535–45; < Neo-Latin < Medieval Latin < Arabic al-kuḥl the powdered antimony, the distillate
1535–45; < Neo-Latin < Medieval Latin < Arabic al-kuḥl the powdered antimony, the distillate
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Alcohol
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| a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF, or a compound containing fluorine, as methyl fluoride, CH3F |
| selecting for combination or action; tending to combine with certain substances in preference to others, such as elective attraction |
Example Sentences
- Many alcohol marketers have toned down what used to be a raucous spring break.
- Like ethanol, butanol is an alcohol.
- There are plenty of tales of animals finding some alcohol and getting tipsy.
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World English Dictionary
| alcohol (ˈælkəˌhɒl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | ethanol, Also called: 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: C2H5OH |
| 2. | a drink or drinks containing this substance |
| 3. | chem Compare phenol diol See also triol 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 |
| [C16: via New Latin from Medieval Latin, from Arabic al-kuhl powdered antimony; see | |
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Word Origin & History
alcohol
1540s, "fine powder produced by sublimation," from M.L. alcohol "powdered ore of antimony," from Arabic al-kuhul "kohl," the fine metallic powder used to darken the eyelids, from kahala "to stain, paint." The al- is the Arabic definite article, "the." "Powdered cosmetic" was the earliest sense in English;
EXPANDdefinition broadened 1670s to "any sublimated substance, the pure spirit of anything." Modern sense of "intoxicating ingredient in strong liquor" is first recorded 1753, short for alcohol of wine, which was extended to "the intoxicating element in fermented liquors." In organic chemistry, the word was extended 1850 to the class of compounds of the same type as this.
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Medical Dictionary
alcohol al·co·hol (āl'kə-hôl')
n.
Any of a series of hydroxyl compounds derived from saturated hydrocarbons, including ethanol and methanol.
A colorless, volatile, flammable liquid synthesized or obtained by fermentation of sugars and starches and widely used, either pure or denatured, as a solvent and in drugs. Also called ethanol, ethyl alcohol.
Intoxicating liquor containing alcohol.
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