ethyl alcohol

Noun

• nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  neutral spirits , ethanol , fermentation alcohol , grain alcohol