alcohol

/ˈæl.kə.hɔːl/

nounal · co · hol

Remember it as **AL + CO + HOL**: “**Al** and **Co** went to **Hol**lywood”—AL-CO-HOL.

Yes, it's alcohol. Don’t swap the middle letters: it’s **-co-** (not **-ko-**), and it ends with **-hol**.

Definitions

  1. nouna colorless liquid found in beer, wine, and liquor that can cause intoxication
  2. nouna type of chemical compound (such as ethanol or methanol) that contains a hydroxyl (–OH) group

Examples

  • The doctor advised him to avoid alcohol while taking the medication.
  • The lab used alcohol to clean the surface before the experiment.
  • Some people choose not to drink alcohol for health or personal reasons.

Synonyms

liquorspiritsboozeethanol

Translations

ES alcoholPT álcoolFR alcool

Common misspellings

alchoholalcholalcohalalcohollalkoholalcohólalcoh0l

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