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ethanol

/ˈɛθ.ə.nɑl/noun3 syllables

Ethanol means: 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.

Synonyms for ethanol11

noun, as in 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

ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol

also used for ethanol

alcohol, ethyl hydrate, ethyl hydroxide, ethylol, EtOH, monohydroxyethane, methylcarbinol, E1510

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What does ethanol mean?1

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Ethanol in a sentence

  • Methanol has the same effects as ethanol, but also makes people blind.Hybrid
  • The government is supporting the development of ethanol production.CM
  • It's the ethanol in beer that makes you drunk.mervert1
  • Methanol is far more toxic than ethanol.Hybrid

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Forms of ethanol

as a noun

plural
ethanols