ethanol

n.

1.

(Chem.) The organic compound C2H5.OH, the common alcohol which is the intoxicating agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and distilled liquors; called also ethyl alcohol. It is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions, or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for automobiles, and as a rocket fuel (as in the V-2 rocket).

Noun

1.

ethanol - the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline Synonyms: ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol

absolute alcohol, alcohol, denatured alcohol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, gasohol, grain alcohol, neutral spirits, plant product, spirits of wine

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