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 Definitions of alcohol  [ˈæl kəˌhɔl, -ˌhɒl]  

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Definition of 'alcohol' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) alcohol
a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, C

2.  alcohol
an intoxicating liquor containing this liquid.

3.  alcohol
any of a class of chemical compounds having the general formula ROH, where R represents an alkyl group and –OH a hydroxyl group.

Etymology:  (1535–45; < NL < ML < Ar al-ku&hdotbelow;l the powdered antimony, the distillate)

Definition of 'alcohol' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
"alcohol (or drink) ruined him"

2. (noun) alcohol
any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation


Definition of 'alcohol' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) alcohol
drinks such as wine, beer, and liquor
teenagers drinking alcohol

2.  alcohol
a substance in beer, wine, etc. that makes you drunk
a low alcohol beer


Definition of 'alcohol' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) alcohol
an impalpable powder

2. (noun) alcohol
the fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation

3. (noun) alcohol
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

4. (noun) alcohol
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


Definitions of 'alcohol' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  alcohol
pure or highly rectified spirit obtained from fermented saccharine solutions by distillation, and the intoxicating principle of all spirituous liquors.


Translation of 'alcohol' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: liquid made by the fermentation or distillation of sugar, present in intoxicating drinks, used also as a fuel, and in thermometers
I never drink alcohol; – I drink orange juice.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: alkohol Arabic flag Arabic: كُحُول Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: алкохол
Brazilian flag Brazilian: álcool Czech flag Czech: alkohol German flag German: der Alkohol
Danish flag Danish: alkohol Greek flag Greek: αλκοόλ Spanish flag Spanish: alcohol
Estonian flag Estonian: alkohol Farsi flag Farsi: الکل؛ مشروب الکلی Finnish flag Finnish: alkoholi
French flag French: alcool Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַלְכּוֹהוֹל Hindi flag Hindi: मद्यसार, ऐलकोहल
Croatian flag Croatian: alkohol Hungarian flag Hungarian: alkohol Indonesian flag Indonesian: alkohol
Icelandic flag Icelandic: alkóhól, vínandi Italian flag Italian: alcol, alcool Japanese flag Japanese: アルコール
Korean flag Korean: 알코올 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: alkoholis Latvian flag Latvian: alkohols; spirts
Malay flag Malay: arak Dutch flag Dutch: alcohol Norwegian flag Norwegian: alkohol
Polish flag Polish: alkohol Persian flag Persian: الکل؛ مشروب الکلی Pashto flag Pashto: الکول، الکولی څښاک
Portuguese flag Portuguese: álcool Romanian flag Romanian: alcool Russian flag Russian: алкоголь
Slovak flag Slovak: alkohol Slovenian flag Slovenian: alkohol Serbian flag Serbian: alkohol
Swedish flag Swedish: alkohol Thai flag Thai: เครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ Turkish flag Turkish: alkol
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 酒(精) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: алкоголь, спирт Urdu flag Urdu: شراب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: rượu cồn Chinese flag Chinese: 酒(精)

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