noun
- 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, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol
- Nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs.
- synonyms: neutral spirits
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