Definitions for alcohol
alcohol
al·co·hol
Spelling: [al-kuh-hawl, -hol]
IPA: /ˈæl kəˌhɔl, -ˌhɒl/
Alcohol is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 86 anagrams from letters in alcohol (achlloo).
Definitions for alcohol
noun
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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.
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whiskey, gin, vodka, or any other intoxicating liquor containing this liquid.
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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.
Origin of alcohol
1535-45; New Latin Medieval Latin Arabic al-kuḥl the powdered antimony, the distillate
Examples for alcohol
But after a troubled history with alcohol, some tribes are wary.
He said officers no longer arrest people for merely having an open beer bottle but instead ask them to leave the alcohol behind.
alcohol and sugar, even in moderate amounts, are not only sinful but poisonous.
You spice it with blues and skiffle music, and pickle it in alcohol and tobacco smoke.
They had penetrated the mists of alcohol, and stirred a belated contrition.
A moment after, the odor of alcohol scented the little cabin.
I am afflicted by none of the desultoriness superinduced by alcohol.
They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.
alcohol especially facilitates the degeneration of sexual life.
Indecent exposure, etc., is due to alcohol in 75 or 80 per cent.