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alcohol

/ˈælkʌhˌɑl/noun3 syllables

Alcohol means: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent.

Synonyms for alcohol4

noun, as in a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant

What does alcohol mean?2

noun

1

a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent“alcohol (or drink) ruined him”

2

any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Alcohol in a sentence

  • Alcohol provokes the desire, but takes away the performance.Hybrid
  • Even after delivery, it is bad to drink alcohol during the period of breastfeeding.Objectivesea
  • Even after delivery, you can't drink alcohol when you are breastfeeding.WestofEden
  • Drinking lots of alcohol can help, because it gets you drunk.corvard
  • For me, alcohol is the worst enemy of women and children.Amastan
  • If it wasn't for alcohol, none of us would exist.Eccles17
  • For instance, people who physically have to have alcohol can die from not drinking.gleki
  • Sami was technically a good doctor, but his alcohol abuse prevented him from practising.OsoHombre

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of alcohol

as a noun

plural
alcohols