NEUTRAL SPIRITS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neutral spirits mean? 

• NEUTRAL SPIRITS (noun)
  The noun NEUTRAL SPIRITS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: NEUTRAL SPIRITS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUTRAL SPIRITS (noun)

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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 ("neutral spirits" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (substance of "neutral spirits"):

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)