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Alcohol

Alcohol Meaning & Definition
Alcohol Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Alcohol?

[n] a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"
[n] any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Alcohol: alcoholic beverage | inebriant | intoxicant

Related Terms | Find terms related to Alcohol: absolute alcohol | acetate | acetone | alcoholic beverage | alcoholic drink | aldehyde | amine | ammonia | amobarbital sodium | amyl alcohol | Amytal | Amytal pill | analgesic | anhydride | anodyne | antifreeze | aqua regia | aqua vitae | ardent spirits | Argyrol | arsenate | arsenite | barb | barbital | barbiturate | barbiturate pill | barbituric acid | basic anhydride | belladonna | benzine | benzoate | beverage | bicarbonate | bicarbonate of soda | bichloride of mercury | bisulfate | black stuff | blue | blue angel | blue devil | blue heaven | blue velvet | booze | borate | borax | boric acid | brew | briquette | bromide | burnable | butane | calcium carbonate | calcium hydroxide | calmative | calomel | camphor | carbide | carbohydrate | carbolic acid | carbon | carbon dioxide | carbon monoxide | carbon tet | carbon tetrachloride | carbonate | charcoal | Chile saltpeter | chloral hydrate | chloramine | chlorate | chlorite | chloroform | chromate | citrate | coal | codeine | codeine cough syrup | coke | combustible | copperas | cresol | cyanide | dehydrated alcohol | Demerol | depressant | depressor | Dial | dichromate | dioxide | disulfide | dolly | Dolophine | dope | downer | drink | ester | ethane | ethanol | ether | ethyl | ethyl alcohol | ethylene glycol | fireball | firewater | firing | flammable | flammable material | fluoride | formaldehyde | fuel | fuel additive | fuel dope | fulminate | gas | gas carbon | gasoline | gentian violet | goofball | gramicidin | grog | H | halide | halogen | hard liquor | hard stuff | heptane | heroin | hexachloraphene | hexane | hooch | hop | horse | hydrate | hydride | hydrocarbon | hydrogen peroxide | hydroxide | hyoscyamine | hypnotic | hypochlorite | inebriant | inflammable | inflammable material | intoxicant | intoxicating liquor | iodide | iodine | isooctane | isopropyl alcohol | jet fuel | John Barleycorn | juice | junk | kerosene | ketone | knockout drops | lactate | laudanum | liquor | little brown jug | lotus | Luminal | Luminal pill | M | meperidine | Mercurochrome | Merthiolate | methadone | methane | methanol | methyl | methyl alcohol | Mickey Finn | monoxide | moonshine | morphia | morphine | narcotic | natural gas | Nembutal | Nembutal pill | niter | nitrate | nitride | nitrite | octane | oil | opiate | opium | oxalate | oxide | pacifier | pain killer | paraffin | paraldehyde | paregoric | peat | pen yan | pentane | pentobarbital | permanganate | peroxide | petrochemical | phenobarbital | phenobarbital sodium | phenol | phenyl salicylate | phosphate | phosphide | potable | potash | potassium nitrate | potation | propane | propellant | punch bowl | purple heart | quietener | rainbow | red | reserpine | resorcinol | rocket fuel | rum | sal ammoniac | Salol | salt | saltpeter | sauce | scag | schnapps | scopolamine | secobarbital sodium | Seconal | Seconal pill | sedative | shit | silicate | silver vitellin | sleeper | sleep-inducer | sleeping draught | sleeping pill | smack | social lubricant | sodium bicarbonate | sodium bromide | sodium chloride | sodium hypochlorite | sodium thiopental | somnifacient | soother | soothing syrup | soporific | spirits | strong drink | strong waters | sulfate | sulfide | sulfite | Sulfonal | tar | tartrate | thalidomide | the bottle | the cup | the Demon Rum | the flowing bowl | the luscious liquor | the ruddy cup | thimerosal | thymol | tincture of iodine | tipple | toxicant | tranquilizer | Trional | Tuinal | Tuinal pill | turf | turpentine | turps | water | water of life | white stuff | yellow | yellow jacket

See Also | 1-dodecanol | allyl alcohol | amyl alcohol | aperitif | beverage | booze | brew | brewage | butanol | butyl alcohol | cordial | cyclohexanol | dihydric alcohol | diol | drink | drinkable | drug of abuse | ethanol | ethyl alcohol | ethyl alcohol | fermentation alcohol | glycerin | glycerine | glycerol | glycol | grain alcohol | hard cider | hard drink | hard liquor | home brew | hooch | hootch | isopropanol | isopropyl alcohol | John Barleycorn | kava | kavakava | koumiss | kumis | lauryl alcohol | liqueur | liquid | liquor | malt | malt liquor | methanol | methyl alcohol | mixed drink | neutral spirits | nipa | perry | potable | proof spirit | propanol | propenyl alcohol | propyl alcohol | pulque | rotgut | spirits | spruce beer | steroid alcohol | sterol | street drug | strong drink | vino | wine | wood alcohol | wood spirit

Alcohol In Webster's Dictionary

\Al"co*hol\ ([a^]l"k[-o]*h[o^]l), n. [Cf. F. alcool, formerly written alcohol, Sp. alcohol alcohol, antimony, galena, OSp. alcofol; all fr. Ar. al-kohl a powder of antimony or galena, to paint the eyebrows with. The name was afterwards applied, on account of the fineness of this powder, to highly rectified spirits, a signification unknown in Arabia. The Sp. word has both meanings. Cf. {Alquifou}.] 1. An impalpable powder. [Obs.] 2. The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation. [Obs.] --Boyle. 3. Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also {ethyl alcohol}); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation. Note: As used in the U. S. ``Pharmacop[oe]ia,'' alcohol contains 91 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and 9 per cent of water; and diluted alcohol (proof spirit) contains 45.5 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and 54.5 per cent of water. 4. (Organic Chem.) A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or {ethyl alcohol} ({C2H5.OH}); methyl forms {methyl alcohol} ({CH3.OH}) or {wood spirit}; amyl forms {amyl alcohol} ({C5H11.OH}) or {fusel oil}, etc.

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