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GRAIN ALCOHOL
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I. (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
Synonyms:
ethanol; ethyl alcohol; fermentation alcohol; grain alcohol
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grain 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 "grain 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 ("grain 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)
