noun [U]
1 drinks such as beer, wine, etc. that can make people drunk:
He never drinks alcohol. * For many young people drinking alcohol is a sign of 'growing up'. * alcohol abuse
2 the colourless liquid that is found in drinks such as beer, wine, etc. and is used in medicines, cleaning products, etc:
Wine usually contains about 10% alcohol. * The food and drink industry has responded to the demand for low- and no-alcohol drinks. * levels of alcohol in the blood * He pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. * low-alcohol beer * Choose an alcohol-free skin toner if you have dry skin.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for alcohol is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does alcohol appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — alcohol appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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