ethanol
pronunciation
How to pronounce ethanol in British English:
UK [ˈeθənɒl]
How to pronounce ethanol in American English:
US [ˈeθənoʊl]
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- Noun:
- the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
Word Origin
- ethanol (n.)
- "ethyl alcohol," 1900, contracted from ethane, to which it is the corresponding alcohol, + -ol, here indicating alcohol.
Example
- 1. America 's ethanol subsidy is a particularly egregious offender .
- 2. He is touting ethanol as the next big thing .
- 3. And the way we make ethanol here ?
- 4. Take america 's supposedly verdant ethanol subsidies .
- 5. Ethanol demand has helped send corn prices soaring .