ETHYL ALCOHOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethyl alcohol mean? 

• ETHYL ALCOHOL (noun)
  The noun ETHYL ALCOHOL has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs

  Familiarity information: ETHYL ALCOHOL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHYL ALCOHOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ethanol; ethyl alcohol; fermentation alcohol; grain alcohol

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

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

plant product (a product made from plant material)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ethyl alcohol"):

spirits of wine (rectified ethyl alcohol)

absolute alcohol (pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water))

denatured alcohol (ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes)

Holonyms ("ethyl alcohol" is a substance of...):

ethyl alcohol; neutral spirits (nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs)

gasohol (a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

ethyl alcohol; neutral spirits

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

alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)

Meronyms (substance of "ethyl alcohol"):

ethanol; ethyl alcohol; fermentation alcohol; grain alcohol (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)

 Context examples 

The type used to make alcoholic drinks is called ethyl alcohol (ethanol).

(Alcohol, NCI Dictionary)

A colorless organic liquid also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol.

(Ethanol, NCI Thesaurus)

A microscopy acid fast staining method that utilizes kinyoun carbol fuchsin, a dye containing basic fuchsin in solution with ethyl alcohol and aqueous phenol.

(Kinyoun Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)