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Noun ethyl alcohol has 2 senses
- ethyl alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol - 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
--1 is a kind of alcohol; plant product
--1 is a substance of neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol; gasohol
--1 has particulars: spirits of wine; absolute alcohol; denatured alcohol
- neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol - nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
--2 is a kind of alcohol, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant
--2 has substances: ethyl alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol
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