ethanol
/ˈɛθənɒl
/noun
A colourless volatile flammable liquid which is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars; alcohol: yeast used in making beer metabolizes the sugar into ethanol hybrid cars powered by ethanol and petrol are now outselling traditional petrol-engined vehicles in the country...
- It is an additive used to make the ethanol produced undrinkable by people.
- One possible explanation for these exceptional findings might be contamination of the ethanol with a mutagen.
- The ethanol used, contained butylated hydroxytoluene as an antioxidant.
Origin
Early 20th century: blend of ethane and alcohol.
Rhymes
- free-standing
- Free State
- Free Stater
- free stock
- freestone
- freestone mason
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- free streaming
- free stuff
- freestyle
- freestyler
- free suitor
- free-swimming
- freetail
- free-tailed
- free-tailed bat
- free television
- free text
- freethinker
- freethinking
- free-thought
- free throw
- free-throw circle
- free-throw lane
- free-to-air