ethanol

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 (synset 114733426)
   is a type 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
   subtypes:

   • 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
   substance meronym:

   • 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
   same as: ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol

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