Ethanol and Grain alcohol

Ethanol

Ethanol 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.
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Synonyms for Ethanol

Grain alcohol is a synonym for ethanol. In some cases you can use "Grain alcohol" instead a noun "Ethanol".

Grain alcohol

Grain alcohol 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.
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Synonyms for Grain alcohol

Ethanol is a synonym for grain alcohol. You can use "Ethanol" instead a noun phrase "Grain alcohol".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Only after a while does House reveal the truth: copier fluid is about 90% methanol, or wood alcohol, and the treatment for that is large amounts of ethanol, or grain alcohol.
  • Booze Flamethrower That's right, pure grain alcohol — 100% ethanol.
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Grain alcohol and Ethanol. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ethanol/grain_alcohol
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