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NEUTRAL SPIRITS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
Synonyms:
ethyl alcohol; neutral spirits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("neutral spirits" is a kind of...):
alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)
Meronyms (substance of "neutral spirits"):
ethanol; ethyl alcohol; fermentation alcohol; grain 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)
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