ethyl alcohol
Grain-derived intoxicant base
Ethyl alcohol is the chemical name for the alcohol in alcoholic beverages—the kind that gets you drunk.
It's also called ethanol and grain alcohol.
The term appears in scientific, medical, and regulatory contexts: The blood test showed elevated ethyl alcohol levels.
Ethyl alcohol is also used as a fuel additive, solvent, and disinfectant.
- boozeInformal term for spirits
- liquorDistilled alcoholic drink
- hard liquorDistilled alcoholic beverages
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- vodkaClear distilled spirit
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Toxic one-carbon alcohol
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ethyl alcoholsobriety
Unimpaired mental state
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