Noun: ethanol 'e-thu,nól
- 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 petrol
"Ethanol is commonly used as a biofuel";
- ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol
Derived forms: ethanols
Type of: alcohol, plant product
Part of: ethyl alcohol, gasohol, neutral spirits
Encyclopedia: Ethanol, Silent Spirit