Definition of alcoholic drink Alcoholic drink
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What does alcoholic drink mean?
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| alcoholic drink - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" | ||
| alcohol, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant | ||
| beverage, drinkable, potable, drink any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" | ||
| drug of abuse, street drug a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction | ||
| proof spirit a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit | ||
| home brew, homebrew an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home | ||
| hooch, hootch an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor | ||
| kava, kavakava an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub | ||
| aperitif alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer | ||
| brew, brewage drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling | ||
| rice beer, sake, saki a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest" | ||
| nipa made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm | ||
| vino, wine a red as dark as red wine | ||
| booze, hard drink, hard liquor, john barleycorn, spirits, strong drink, liquor the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked | ||
| neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol 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 | ||
| pulque fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey | ||
| cordial, liqueur strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal | ||
| mixed drink made of two or more ingredients | ||
| hard cider alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage | ||
| perry a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider | ||
| rotgut any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality | ||
| slug any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell | ||
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alcoholic drink
A drink (a liquor or brew) containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol.
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Drinks that contain alcohol are generally known as alcoholic drink. In chemistry there is a whole class of substances known as alcohols. The alcohol used in alcoholic drinks is known as ethanol or "grain alcohol". Grain alcohol is generally made through a process called fermentation. In fermentation, bacteria change sugar to make ethanol or vinegar.
The maximum amount of alcohol by volume reachable by fermentation is at about 20%. To get higher concentrations for spirits, distillation is used. This allows to get substances that are made of alcohol to about 80-85% (Certain kinds of Rum used for cooking are at 70-80% alcohol).
Alcopops are very sweet, and usually do ont contain much alcohol (most have less than a Beer), but their sale is often restricted, because they contain distilled alcohol, like spirits. Spirits are used most often ot make mixed drinks.
Most contries limit the sale of the different kinds of alcohol. Usually there are two limits, one for wines and beers, and the other for spirits. Alcoholic drinks can be dangerous (they can interfere with the development of children and teenagers).
In an everyday setting, the word alcohol is often used to refer to one type of alcohol called ethanol (also called grain alcohol), which is a type of alcohol that people drink. Sometimes the term is used to mean any drink containing ethanol, such as whisky, vodka, or gin.
Ethanol is a colorless liquid which turns to vapor very fast, and has a strong smell. Ethanol is created by th
