ETHYL ALCOHOL as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) ethyl alcohol is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. 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
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) ethyl alcohol is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)