grain alcohol
Noun: - Pure ethyl alcohol (ethanol) produced from fermented grains: "Grain alcohol" refers specifically to ethanol that has been distilled from fermented grain mash. It is a clear, colorless, flammable liquid. - A versatile solvent and intoxicant: It is the primary psychoactive component in alcoholic beverages and is also used extensively in industrial, medical, and fuel applications.
- Noun:
- The laboratory uses pure grain alcohol as a solvent for extracting plant compounds.
- Some homemade liqueurs call for grain alcohol as a base because of its high purity and neutral flavor.
- The proposal discussed adding grain alcohol to gasoline to create a cleaner-burning fuel.
"Neutral grain spirit": A high-purity grain alcohol, often used in the production of vodka or gin.
- The vodka is distilled from a neutral grain spirit to achieve its smooth character.
Denatured alcohol: Grain alcohol that has been made unfit for human consumption by adding chemicals, intended for industrial use.
- Denatured grain alcohol is commonly found in products like shellac and camping stove fuel.
Ethanol (n): The systematic chemical name for grain alcohol (C₂H₅OH).
- Ethanol is a type of alcohol that can be produced from various plant materials, not just grains.
Ethyl alcohol (n): A synonym for ethanol and grain alcohol.
- The formula for ethyl alcohol is C₂H₅OH.
- Absolute alcohol: Very pure ethanol with minimal water content.
- Rectified spirit: A highly concentrated ethanol solution produced by repeated distillation.
- Proof spirit: A measure of the strength of an alcohol solution, historically related to grain alcohol content.
- In the past, "proof" was determined by soaking gunpowder with the spirit; if it ignited, it was "proof" it contained enough grain alcohol.
- Fermentation: The metabolic process where yeast converts sugars from grains into ethanol and carbon dioxide, the first step in producing grain alcohol.
- Distillation: The process of purifying a liquid by heating and cooling, used to increase the concentration of ethanol from the fermented mash to create grain alcohol.
- Biofuel: A fuel derived directly from living matter, such as ethanol (grain alcohol) used as a gasoline additive.
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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
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