alcohol
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alcohol/ˈalkəhɒl/
▶noun
- 1 a colourless volatile flammable liquid which is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, etc. Also called ethanol, ethyl alcohol. [C2H5OH.]
- 2 drink containing alcohol.
- 3 Chemistry any organic compound containing a hydroxyl group –OH: propyl alcohol.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘a fine powder, especially kohl, produced by sublimation’, later ‘distilled spirit’): Fr., or from med. L., from Arab. al-kuḥl ‘the kohl’.
'alcohol' also found in these Oxford entries:
absolute alcohol
- abstinence
- ABV
- acetal
- alcoholic
- alcopop
- aldehyde
- aldol
- alkyl
- ATF
- bar
- bend
- bibulous
- bistro
- bitter
- booze
- boozer
- boozy
- bottle
- box
- breathalyser
- broach
- canteen
- carouse
- chloral
- collodion
- crapulent
- crêpe Suzette
- debauch
- debauched
- debauchery
- denature
- designated driver
- dihydric
- diol
- dipsomania
- disulfiram
- drink
- drink-driving
- drinking song
- drop
- drunk
- dry
- DUI
- Dutch courage
- eggnog
- ethanol
- ethyl alcohol
- FAS
