ALCOHOL


Meaning of ALCOHOL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈal-kə-ˌhȯl ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, powdered antimony, from Old Spanish, from Arabic al-kuḥul the powdered antimony, from kuḥl kohl

Date: 1672

1.

a. : ethanol especially when considered as the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors

b. : drink (as whiskey or beer) containing ethanol

c. : a mixture of ethanol and water that is usually 95 percent ethanol

2. : any of a class of organic compounds that are analogous to ethanol and that are hydroxyl derivatives of hydrocarbons

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