ethyl alcohol
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Definition
- Noun:
- A specific type of alcohol: Ethyl alcohol is a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid. It is the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages and is also used as an industrial solvent, fuel, and antiseptic.
- The intoxicating agent in drinks: It is the psychoactive substance responsible for the effects of consumption in beers, wines, and spirits.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The laboratory uses pure ethyl alcohol as a solvent.
- The production of vodka involves the distillation of ethyl alcohol.
- Ethyl alcohol is the primary ingredient in many hand sanitizers.
Advanced Usage
- Technical/Industrial Context: In technical specifications, "ethyl alcohol" specifies the chemical compound ethanol (C₂H₅OH), distinguishing it from other alcohols like methanol.
- The fuel blend contains 10% ethyl alcohol.
- Legal/Regulatory Context: Often used in official documents to denote beverage alcohol or its denatured forms for industrial use.
- The tax applies to all ethyl alcohol intended for human consumption.
Variants and Related Words
- Ethanol: The systematic chemical name for ethyl alcohol; the terms are often used interchangeably.
- Ethanol production from corn is a major industry.
- Denatured alcohol: Ethyl alcohol that has been made unfit for drinking by adding other chemicals, often used as a solvent or fuel.
- Denatured alcohol is used in camping stoves.
Synonyms
- Grain alcohol: Specifically refers to ethyl alcohol produced from fermented grains.
- Spirit(s): In a beverage context, a distilled alcoholic drink contains ethyl alcohol.
Related Phrases
- Proof spirit: A measure of the strength of an ethyl alcohol solution, where 100 proof (in the US) signifies 50% alcohol by volume.
- This whiskey is 80 proof, meaning it contains 40% ethyl alcohol.
- Absolute alcohol: Refers to ethyl alcohol containing very little to no water.
- The reaction requires absolute alcohol.
Related Idioms
(Note: Idioms directly using the term "ethyl alcohol" are uncommon. Common idioms use the general term "alcohol.") - To be under the influence: A formal phrase meaning affected by ethyl alcohol (or other intoxicants). - He was arrested for driving under the influence of ethyl alcohol.
Noun
- nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
- 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