English noun: alcohol |
| 1. | alcohol (food) a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent |
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| Samples | Alcohol (or drink) ruined him.
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| Synonyms | alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant |
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| Broader (hypernym) | beverage, drink, drinkable, drug of abuse, potable, street drug |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aperitif, booze, brew, brewage, cordial, ethyl alcohol, hard cider, hard drink, hard liquor, home brew, homebrew, hooch, hootch, John Barleycorn, kava, kavakava, koumiss, kumis, liqueur, liquor, mixed drink, neutral spirits, nipa, perry, proof spirit, pulque, rice beer, rotgut, sake, saki, slug, spirits, strong drink, vino, wine |
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| 2. | alcohol (substance) any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | liquid |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | 1-dodecanol, allyl alcohol, amyl alcohol, butanol, butyl alcohol, cyclohexanol, dihydric alcohol, diol, ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, glycerin, glycerine, glycerol, glycol, grain alcohol, isopropanol, isopropyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, methanol, methyl alcohol, propanol, propenyl alcohol, propyl alcohol, steroid alcohol, sterol, wood alcohol, wood spirit |
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