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Definition alcohol

Etymology

Entered in the 1500s from French alcohol or Spanish alcohol, derived from the Medieval Latin rendering alcohol transmitted in medical or alchemical literature of Arabic ?????????‎ (al-ku?l, “kohl”), which in Andalusian Arabic also bore the form ??????‎ (ku??l), ??????‎ (qu??l); bearing thus the meaning of stibnite first, then generalized in meaning to a powder obtained by triturating a material, then also to liquids obtained by boiling down, and specialized to mean spirit of wine, ethanol, in the 18th century, then the narrow chemical sense after 1850.

1. (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
2. (colloquial) Ethanol.
3. (uncountable) Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
4. (obsolete) Any very fine powder.

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