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    FERMENTATION ALCOHOL

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    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 gasolineplay

    Synonyms:

    ethanol; ethyl alcohol; fermentation alcohol; grain alcohol

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("fermentation alcohol" is a kind of...):

    alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)

    plant product (a product made from plant material)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fermentation alcohol"):

    spirits of wine (rectified ethyl alcohol)

    absolute alcohol (pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water))

    denatured alcohol (ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes)

    Holonyms ("fermentation alcohol" is a substance of...):

    ethyl alcohol; neutral spirits (nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs)

    gasohol (a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn)

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