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ALCOHOL THERMOMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alcohol thermometer mean? 

ALCOHOL THERMOMETER (noun)
  The noun ALCOHOL THERMOMETER has 1 sense:

1. thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperatureplay

  Familiarity information: ALCOHOL THERMOMETER used as a noun is very rare.


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ALCOHOL THERMOMETER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

alcohol-in-glass thermometer; alcohol thermometer

Hypernyms ("alcohol thermometer" is a kind of...):

thermometer (measuring instrument for measuring temperature)


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