alcoholnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈæl.kə.hɒl/us/ˈæl.kə.hɑːl/A2 a clear liquid that can make you drunk, also used as a solvent (= a substance that dissolves another) and in fuel and medicines:
Most wines contain around twelve percent alcohol.
I could smell the alcohol on his breath.
an alcohol-free lager
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- He's under doctor's orders to cut down on fatty food and to drink no alcohol for at least six months.
- No thanks, I never touch alcohol.
- 28 percent of people asked thought that the advertising of tobacco and alcohol should be banned.
- The situation was made more volatile by the fact that people had been drinking a lot of alcohol.
- Experts say that women should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Alcohol - general words
- alcopop
- Angostura
- aperitif
- bevvy
- booze
- intoxicant
- kick
- libation
- liquid lunch
- liquor
- long drink
- nip
- quickie
- sake 1
- slug
- sly grog
- snifter
- something
- something a little stronger idiom
- stiff
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