What does alcohol mean?
Definitions for alcohol
ˈæl kəˌhɔl, -ˌhɒlal·co·hol
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Princeton's WordNet
alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriantnoun
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
"alcohol (or drink) ruined him"
alcoholnoun
any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
Wiktionary
alcoholnoun
Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
alcoholnoun
An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ALCOHOLnoun
An Arabick term used by chymists for a high rectified dephlegmated spirit of wine, or for any thing reduced into an impalpable powder. John Quincy
If the same salt shall be reduced into alcohol, as the chymists speak, or an impalpable powder, the particles and intercepted spaces will be extremely lessened. Boyle.
Sal volatile oleosum will coagulate the serum on account of the alcahol, or rectified spirit which it contains. Arbuthnot.
Wikipedia
Alcohol
Alcohol is a song by the Alternative rock group Barenaked Ladies released as the last single and sixth track on their 1998 album Stunt. Although it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 or the UK Singles Chart, it received some airplay on the US Modern Rock Tracks charts, peaking at No. 33 on the chart. The song looks at alcohol abuse. The song was featured in the 2012 film Flight.
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alcohol
Alcohol is an organic compound characterized by the presence of one or more hydroxyl (-OH) functional groups attached to a carbon atom. The most common form of alcohol is ethanol, which is used in beverages, medicines, and as a fuel. In common parlance, alcohol refers to any beverage that contains ethanol and has psychoactive effects on the body, causing a temporary alteration of mood, perception, behavior, and cognitive functions.
Webster Dictionary
Alcoholnoun
an impalpable powder
Alcoholnoun
the fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation
Alcoholnoun
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
Alcoholnoun
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
Etymology: [Cf. F. alcool, formerly written alcohol, Sp. alcohol alcohol, antimony, galena, OSp. alcofol; all fr. Ar. al-kohl a powder of antimony or galena, to paint the eyebrows with. The name was afterwards applied, on account of the fineness of this powder, to highly rectified spirits, a signification unknown in Arabia. The Sp. word has both meanings. Cf. Alquifou.]
Wikidata
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms. An important class of alcohols are the simple acyclic alcohols, the general formula for which is CnH2n+1OH. Of those, ethanol is the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, and in common speech the word alcohol refers specifically to ethanol. Other alcohols are usually described with a clarifying adjective, as in isopropyl alcohol or wood alcohol. The suffix -ol appears in the IUPAC chemical name of all substances where the hydroxyl group is the functional group with the highest priority; in substances where a higher priority group is present the prefix hydroxy- will appear in the IUPAC name. The suffix -ol in non-systematic names also typically indicates that the substance includes a hydroxyl functional group and, so, can be termed an alcohol. But many substances, particularly sugars contain hydroxyl functional groups without using the suffix.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Alcohol
al′kō-hol, n. pure spirit, a liquid generated by the fermentation of sugar and other saccharine matter, and forming the intoxicating element of fermented liquors.—adj. Alcohol′ic, of or like alcohol.—n. Alcoholisā′tion.—v.t. Al′coholise, to convert into alcohol, or saturate with it: to rectify.—n. Al′coholism, a term employed to denote the symptoms of disease produced by alcoholic poisoning.—Absolute alcohol, alcohol entirely free from water. [Ar. al-koh'l—al, the, koh'l, fine powder of antimony used in the East to stain the eyelids.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Alcohol
pure or highly rectified spirit obtained from fermented saccharine solutions by distillation, and the intoxicating principle of all spirituous liquors.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
ALCOHOL
A liquid good for preserving almost everything except secrets.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'alcohol' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3275
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'alcohol' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3650
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'alcohol' in Nouns Frequency: #1366
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alcohol in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alcohol in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of alcohol in a Sentence
There are conservative elements in Iran that would frown upon these images because they show young people in bikinis and others drinking alcohol. What I see are images of kids who are rebelling against the social norms that they grew up with.
It's so easy to drink that you forget you're drinking alcohol. It's very sweet. You hardly taste the whiskey at all, i've known people who can't do shots, but they can do Fireball.
They were established as risk factors in older cohorts of patients, but they do seem to be also associated with early-onset disease, and those are things like excess body weight, lack of physical activity, high consumption of processed meat and red meat, very high alcohol consumption.
This is the first comprehensive study of alcohol intake on oral microbiome, oral microbiome.
He had been abused as a child and turned to alcohol and drugs to cope. He wanted to know if there was any hope for him.
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Translations for alcohol
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- alkoholAfrikaans
- alcoholAragonese
- كحولArabic
- spirt, alkoqolAzerbaijani
- алкаго́ль, спіртBelarusian
- спирт, алкохол, алкохо́лBulgarian
- alcoholCatalan, Valencian
- alkoholCzech
- alcoholWelsh
- alkoholDanish
- Alkohol, Weingeist, BranntweinGerman
- αλκοόλ, οινόπνευμα, αλκοόληGreek
- alkoholoEsperanto
- alcoholSpanish
- alkoholEstonian
- alkoholBasque
- عرق, الکلPersian
- alkoholiFinnish
- alcoolFrench
- alcól, deoch mheisciúilIrish
- deoch làidir, alcolScottish Gaelic
- alcoholGalician
- אַלְכּוֹהוֹלHebrew
- सुरासार, मद्यसार, शराब, मदिराHindi
- alkòlHaitian Creole
- szesz, alkohol, szeszes italHungarian
- ալկոհոլ, սպիրտArmenian
- alkoholIndonesian
- alkoholoIdo
- áfengiIcelandic
- alcol, alcolico, alcoolItalian
- アルコール, 酒Japanese
- ალკოჰოლი, სპირტიGeorgian
- алкоголь, есірткіш, спиртKazakh
- អាកុលKhmer
- ಆಲ್ಕೋಹಾಲ್Kannada
- 알코올, 술, 알콜Korean
- alkolKurdish
- алкоголь, спиртKyrgyz
- VocatusLatin
- ເຫລົ້າLao
- spiritas, alkoholisLithuanian
- alkohols, spirtsLatvian
- waipiroMāori
- алкохол, жесток пијалокMacedonian
- alkoholMalay
- alkoholNorwegian
- alcoholische drank, sterke drank, alcoholDutch
- alkoholNorwegian Nynorsk
- alkoholNorwegian
- tó łikoníNavajo, Navaho
- ମଦOriya
- alkoholPolish
- álcoolPortuguese
- alcoolRomanian
- спирт, алкого́ль, [[спиртно́й]] [[напи́ток]], [[алкого́льный]] [[напи́ток]], [[кре́пкий]] [[напи́ток]]Russian
- मद्यSanskrit
- alkohol, алкохолSerbo-Croatian
- alkoholSlovak
- alkohólSlovene
- alkoolAlbanian
- tahiSouthern Sotho
- sprit, alkoholSwedish
- pombe kaliSwahili
- спирт, арақ, алкогольTajik
- สุรา, แอลกอฮอล์Thai
- spirt, alkogolTurkmen
- alkolTurkish
- спирт, алкого́льUkrainian
- مدیرا, شرابUrdu
- alkogol, spirtUzbek
- rượu cồn, rượuVietnamese
- lalkoholVolapük
- ọtíYoruba
- 酒Chinese
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