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Word: Alcohol
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century: French (earlier form of alcool), or from medieval Latin, from Arabic al-kuḥl ‘the kohl’. In early use the term referred to powders, specifically kohl, and especially those obtained by sublimation; later ‘a distilled or rectified spirit’ (mid 17th century)
ˈalkəhɒl
a colourless volatile flammable liquid which is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars and is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks, and is also used as an industrial solvent and as fuel
Short Definition:colourless volatile flammable liquid which is intoxicating constituent of drinks
Examples:- it is an offence to drive if you have more than 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood
- the use of petrol containing alcohol
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