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  1. noun A colorless volatile flammable liquid, C2H5OH, synthesized or obtained by fermentation of sugars and starches and widely used, either pure or denatured, as a solvent and in drugs, cleaning solutions, explosives, and intoxicating beverages. Also called ethanol, ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol.
  2. noun Intoxicating liquor containing alcohol.
  3. noun Any of a series of hydroxyl compounds, the simplest of which are derived from saturated hydrocarbons, have the general formula CnH2n+1OH, and include ethanol and methanol.

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  1. Medieval Latin, fine metallic powder, especially of antimony, from Arabic al-kuḥl : al-, the + kuḥl, powder of antimony; see kḥl in Semitic roots.

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  1. Formerly also spelled alcohole, alkohol, from French alcohol, now alcool, = Spanish Portuguese alcohol = Italian alcohol, alcool, alcoole, from Middle Latin alcohol, orig. in the sense of a fine, impalpable powder, the black sulphid of antimony, afterward extended to any fine powder produced by trituration or sublimation, then to essence, quintessence, or spirit, especially the rectified spirits of wine, and finally used as at present; from Arabic al-koh'l, from al, the, + koh'l, the fine powder of antimony used in the East to paint the eyebrows, from kahala, stain, paint.
 

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/ˈælkəhɑl/
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