al·co·hol ( l k -hôl , -h l)n. 1. 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. Intoxicating liquor containing alcohol. 3. 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. [Medieval Latin, fine metallic powder, especially of antimony, from Arabic al-ku  l : al-, the + kul, powder of antimony; see kl in Semitic roots.]Word History: The al- in alcohol may alert some readers to the fact that this is a word of Arabic descent, as is the case with algebra and alkali, al- being the Arabic definite article corresponding to the in English. The origin of -cohol is less obvious, however. Its Arabic ancestor was ku l, a fine powder most often made from antimony and used by women to darken their eyelids; in fact, kul has given us the word kohl for such a preparation. Arabic chemists came to use al-kul to mean "any fine powder produced in a number of ways, including the process of heating a substance to a gaseous state and then recooling it." The English word alcohol, derived through Medieval Latin from Arabic, is first recorded in 1543 in this sense. Arabic chemists also used al-kul to refer to other substances such as essences that were obtained by distillation, a sense first found for English alcohol in 1672. One of these distilled essences, known as "alcohol of wine," is the constituent of fermented liquors that causes intoxication. This essence took over the term alcohol for itself, whence it has come to refer to the liquor that contains this essence as well as to a class of chemical compounds such as methanol. |
alcohol
Noun
1. a colourless flammable liquid present in intoxicating drinks
2. intoxicating drinks generally [Arabic al-kuhl powdered antimony]
| alcohol (lk-hôl) 1. Any of a large number of colorless, flammable organic compounds that contain the hydroxyl group (OH) and that form esters with acids. Alcohols are used as solvents and for manufacturing dyes, perfumes, and pharmaceuticals. Simple alcohols, such as methanol and ethanol, are water-soluble liquids, while more complex ones, like cetyl alcohol, are waxy solids. Names of alcohols usually end in -ol. 2. Ethanol. |
Alcohol
an addiction to absinthe, a liqueur flavored with the narcotic wormwood, Artemisia absinthium. — absinthial, absinthian, adj.
a voluntary and habitual self-deprivation, especially from alcoholic beverages. — abstinent, adj.
1. an addiction to alcohol, especially involving compulsive, excessive consumption.
2. the pathological effects of such overindulgence. — alcoholic, n.
2. the pathological effects of such overindulgence. — alcoholic, n.
an obsession with alcohol.
an excessive liking for alcoholic beverages. — alcoholphile, n.
the state or doctrine of opposition to the excessive consumption of liquor. — antialcoholic, n., adj.
1. a devotion to drunken revelry and carousal in honor of Bacchus.
2. a dedication to such behavior on other occasions. — bacchanalian, n., adj.
2. a dedication to such behavior on other occasions. — bacchanalian, n., adj.
the state of being given to excessive drinking of alcohol. — bibacious, adj.
excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages. — bibulous, adj.
drinking together, usually to excess.
a drinking companion.
excessive indulgence in food or drink.
an insatiable craving for alcohol; chronic drunkenness. — dipsomaniac, n. — dipsomaniacal, adj.
an abnormal fear of drinking. — dipsophobe, n.
a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream, usually from the breath. Also called breathalyzer.
intoxication or inebriation, whether regarded as the condition, the process, or the habit.
drunkenness or intoxication from alcohol, especially as a habitual state.
a science that deals with ferments and fermentation, especially those concerned with the production of alcoholic beverages. — fermentologist, n.
drunkenness.
the opposite of sobriety; inebriation.
Jocular. an alcoholic beverage.
skill in the mixing of alcoholic drinks. — mixologist, n.
an adherence to the tenets of teetotalism. — nephalist, n., adj. — nephalistic, adj.
1. In ancient Greece or Rome. a wild celebration in honor of certain gods.
2. riotous merrymaking, especially with excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, and drugs. — orgiast, n. — orgiastic, adj.
2. riotous merrymaking, especially with excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, and drugs. — orgiast, n. — orgiastic, adj.
extreme thirst; an abnormal and continuous craving for drink.
1. excessive drinking of alcohol.
2. an alcoholic drink. See also food and nutrition.
2. an alcoholic drink. See also food and nutrition.
1. an excessive tendency to drink alcoholic beverages.
2. Also called tromomania. delirium tremens.
2. Also called tromomania. delirium tremens.
1. the principles governing the forbidding by law of the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages.
2. the interdiction itself. — prohibitionist, n. — Prohibition, n.
2. the interdiction itself. — prohibitionist, n. — Prohibition, n.
a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a secret society devoted to total abstention from intoxicating liquors, founded in England in 1835.
the principle or conscious practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages. Also called total abstinence. — teetotaler, n.
delirium tremens. Also called potomania.
the theory or practice of prohibitionism; after the Volstead Act, which implemented U.S. prohibition, introduced by Andrew J. Volstead.
a member of the Washingtonian Society, a temperance society founded in the United States in 1843.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  alcohol - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"drug of abuse, street drug - a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" proof spirit - a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit aperitif - alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer nipa - made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol - nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs pulque - fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey mixed drink - made of two or more ingredients hard cider - alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage perry - a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider rotgut - any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality slug - an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped; "he took a slug of hard liquor" |
| 2. | alcohol - any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit - a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol - 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 isopropanol, isopropyl alcohol - alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent allyl alcohol, propenyl alcohol - an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals amyl alcohol - a mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis butanol, butyl alcohol - a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents cyclohexanol - a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor dihydric alcohol, diol, glycol - any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule glycerin, glycerine, glycerol - a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils 1-dodecanol, lauryl alcohol - a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals liquid - a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure propanol, propyl alcohol - a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic steroid alcohol, sterol - any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances |
alcohol
noun 1. drink, spirits, liquor, intoxicant, juice (informal) booze (informal) the bottle (informal) grog (informal), chiefly Austral., N.Z. the hard stuff (informal) strong drink, Dutch courage (informal) firewater, John Barleycorn, hooch or hootch (informal), chiefly U.S., Canad.
Translations
n alcohol [ˈӕlkəhol]
liquid made by the fermentation or distillation of sugar, present in intoxicating drinks, used also as a fuel, and in thermometers I never drink alcohol – I drink orange juice. alkohol كُحُول алкохол alkohol alkohol der Alkohol αλκοόλ alcohol alkohol الکل؛ مشروب الکلی alkoholi alcool אַלְכּוֹהוֹל मद्यसार, ऐलकोहल alkohol alkohol alkohol alkóhól, vínandi alcol, alcool アルコール ♥愷悶Ã alkoholis alkohols; spirts arak alcohol alkohol alkohol álcool alcool алкоголь alkohol alkohol alkohol alkohol เครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ alkol 酒(精) алкоголь, спирт شراب rượu cồn 酒（精）
adj alcoˈholic
1 of or containing alcohol Is cider alcoholic? alkoholies كُحُولِي алкохолен alkoholický alkoholholdig alkoholhaltig οινοπνευματώδης alcohólico alkohoolne الکل دار alkoholipitoinen alcoolisé, alcoolique אַלְכּוֹהוֹלִי मद्यसारिक alkoholan szeszes mengandung alkohol áfengur alcolico アルコールを含んだ 알코올성의 alkoholinis alkoholisks mengandungi alkohol alcoholhoudend alkoholholdig alkoholowy alcoólico alcoolic, alcoolizat алкогольный alkoholický alkoholen alkoholni alkohol-, alkoholhaltig ที่มีส่วนผสมของแอลกอฮอล์ alkollü 含酒精的 алкогольний جس میں شراب بطور ایک جزو موجود ہو chứa cồn 含酒精的
2 caused by alcohol an alcoholic stupor. alkoholveroorsaakte مُسْكِر алкохоличен alkoholový alkohol- alkoholisch που προκαλείται από το αλκοόλ alcohólico alkoholist põhjustatud مربوط به الکل alkoholin aiheuttama alcoolique, éthylique בְּהַשְפָּעַת אַלְכּוֹהוֹל सुरा alkoholni alkohol hatása alatti akibat alkohol áfengis-, alcolico アルコール性の 알코올에 의한 sukeltas alkoholio alkohola- disebabkan oleh alkohol alcoholisch alkohol- alkoholowy alcoólico din cauza alcoolului алкогольный alkoholový zaradi alkohola alkoholni alkohol- ซึ่งติดเหล้า alkole dayalı 酒精中毒的 алкогольний شراب کی وجہ سے do rượu 酒精中毒的
n
a person who suffers from a dependence on alcohol. alkoholis سِكِّير، مُدْمِن كُحُول алкохолик alkoholik alkoholist der/die Alkoholiker(in) αλκοολικός alcohólico alkohoolik دایم الخمر alkoholisti alcoolique אַלְכּוֹהוֹלִיסט शराबी alkoholičar alkoholista peminum áfengissjúklingur, alkóhólisti alcolista, alcolizzato アルコール中毒者 알코올 중독자 alkoholikas alkoholiķis pemabuk/kaki minum alcoholicus alkoholiker, alkoholmisbruker alkoholik alcoólico alcoolic алкоголик alkoholik, -čka alkoholik alkoholičar alkoholist ผู้ที่ติดเหล้า alkolik 飲酒過度的人 алкоголік قدیم شرابی người nghiện rượu 饮酒过度的人
n alcoholism
the condition suffered by an alcoholic. alkoholisme إدْمَان المُسْكِرات алкохолизъм alkoholismus alkoholisme der Alkoholismus αλκοολισμός alcoholismo alkoholism اعتیاد به الکل alkoholismi alcoolisme אַלְכּוֹהוֹלִיזם मदात्यय alkoholizam alkoholizmus alkoholisme áfengissÿki, alkóhólismi alcolismo アルコール中毒 알코올 중독 alkoholizmas alkoholisms keadaan yang dialami pemabuk alcoholisme alkoholisme, alkoholmisbruk alkoholizm alcoolismo alcoolism алкоголизм alkoholizmus alkoholizem alkoholizam alkoholism โรคพิษสุราเรื้อรัง alkolizm 酒精中毒 алкоголізм شراب کا عادی ہونا tác hại của rượu 酒精中毒
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