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ABSOLUTE ALCOHOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("absolute alcohol" is a kind of...):
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)
