ethanol

n. alcohol, spirit (Chemistry)

Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, drinking alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless, slightly toxic chemical compound, and is best known as the alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. In common usage, it is often referred to simply as alcohol. Its molecular formula is variously represented as EtOH, CH3CH2OH, C2H5OH or as its empirical formula C2H6O (which it shares with dimethyl ether).
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Ethanol /eth·a·nol/ ethyl alcohol ; a primary alcohol formed by microbial fermentation of carbohydrates or by synthesis from ethylene. [more]Ethanol - Community and Resources

Noun
1. 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
(synonym) ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol
(hypernym) alcohol
(hyponym) spirits of wine
(substance-holonym) neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol

n. ethanol, alcohol, spirit (Chemistry)