(n)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.grain alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol
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n. (Chem.) the organic compound C2H5.OH, which is the intoxicating agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and distilled liquors; it is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel. Syn. -- ethanol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol. [ WordNet 1.5 ]