ALL meanings of alcohol
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A a - uncountable noun alcohol Drinks that can make people drunk, such as beer, wine, and whisky, can be referred to as alcohol. 3
- variable noun alcohol Alcohol is a colourless liquid that is found in drinks such as beer, wine, and whisky. It is also used in products such as perfumes and cleaning fluids. 3
- noun 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 3
- noun alcohol a drink or drinks containing this substance 3
- noun alcohol 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 3
- noun alcohol a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C2H5OH: it can be burned as fuel (10-15% of gasohol), is used in industry and medicine, and is the intoxicating element of whiskey, wine, beer, and other fermented or distilled liquors: classed as a depressant drug 3
- noun alcohol any intoxicating liquor with this liquid in it 3
- noun alcohol the drinking of such liquors 3
- noun alcohol a class of organic compounds, including ethyl or methyl (wood) alcohol, that contain one or more hydroxyl groups (OH) and form esters in reactions with acids 3
- noun alcohol drinks 1
- noun alcohol rubbing alcohol 1
- noun alcohol chemistry 1
- noun alcohol A colorless volatile flammable liquid that is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks, and is also used as an industrial solvent and as fuel. 1
- noun alcohol Also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol. a colorless, limpid, volatile, flammable, water-miscible liquid, C 2 H 5 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. 1
- noun alcohol whiskey, gin, vodka, or any other intoxicating liquor containing this liquid. 1
- noun alcohol 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, CH 3 OH, or ethyl alcohol, C 2 H 5 OH. 1
- noun alcohol (Countable Noun) (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH). 0
- noun alcohol (Colloquial) ethanol. 0
- noun alcohol (Uncountable Noun) Beverage containing ethanol. 0
- noun alcohol (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Any very fine powder. 0