alcohol

Noun

Meaning

An impalpable powder.

The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

intoxicant alcoholic beverage liquor booze ethanol inebriant ethyl alcohol hard liquor spirits alcoholic drink saki brandy bourbon acetal hooch
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Antonyms

nonintoxicant

Hypernyms

liquid drink beverage potable drinkable drug of abuse

Hyponyms

perry saki kava nipa slug hooch

Phrases with the word

hold one's alcohol alcohol addict drink without alcohol avoiding alcohol alcohol dependent person alcohol abuser

Examples

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. George Bernard Shaw

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy. Frank Sinatra

In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life. George Best

The alcohol that is insufficient for a whole town ought not to intoxicate one man. Nigerian Proverb

Alcohol will preserve anything but a secret. American Proverb

Dignity is one thing that can't be preserved in alcohol. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Alcock alcogel alcohate alcohol abuse alcohol abuser alcohol addict