Ethyl-alcohol Synonyms

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. ethanol
  2. fermentation alcohol
  3. grain alcohol
Nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. neutral spirits

Ethyl-alcohol Sentence Examples

  • Another fact of considerable technical importance is, that the various races of yeast show considerable differences in the amount and proportion of fermentation products other than ethyl alcohol and carbonic acid which they produce.

  • Many organic compounds of boron are known; thus, from the action of the trichloride on ethyl alcohol or on methyl alcohol, ethyl borate B(OC2H5)3 and methyl borate B(OCH 3) 3 are obtained.

  • Examples are water and methyl or ethyl alcohol.

  • Pure ethyl alcohol is a colourless, mobile liquid of an agreeable odour.

  • Traces of ethyl alcohol in solutions are detected and estimated by oxidation to acetaldehyde, or by conversion into iodoform by warming with iodine and potassium hydroxide.

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