Ethanol Synonyms

ethənôl, ethənōl; Brit also ēthənōl
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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ethyl-alcohol
  2. fermentation alcohol
  3. grain alcohol

Words Related to Ethanol

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. alcohol
  2. biodiesel
  3. methanol
  4. bioethanol
  5. gasoline
  6. feedstock
  7. biofuels
  8. ammonia
  9. corn-based
  10. ethylene-glycol
  11. hydrogen-peroxide
  12. naphtha
  13. cellulosic
  14. butanol

Ethanol Sentence Examples

  • Many large farms in the Midwest have planted all or part of their land area to take advantage of the government subsidies which are offered for corn production to supply the ethanol production needs.

  • The main sources of sugar required to produce ethanol come from fuel or energy crops.

  • Some experts feel that emissions caused by the use of petroleum-based fuels to farm the corn and produce the ethanol may be greater than the emissions saved using ethanol as an alternative fuel.

  • About half of current ethanol use, however is as an octane booster in regular gasoline.

  • Aviation grade ethanol, (AGE-85) is an 85 percent ethanol blended fuel that is beginning to replace 100 octane low lead aviation gasoline, which has been the standard fuel for reciprocating engine aircraft since World War II.

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