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 • Syn: ethyl alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol • Hypernyms: alcohol, plant product • Hyponyms: spirits of wine, absolute alcohol, denatured alcohol • Substance Holonyms: neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol, gasohol
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