grain alcohol

American  

noun

1. alcohol.

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grain alcohol British  

noun

1. ethanol containing about 10 per cent of water, made by the fermentation of grain

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Etymology

Origin of grain alcohol

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

It's a simple ingredient, essentially made by feeding oxygen to a grain alcohol that's similar to vodka.

From Salon

Last April, early in the pandemic, Washington’s two distilleries – Liberty Pole Spirits and Red Pump – made hand sanitizer from high-proof grain alcohol.

From Washington Times

It has not regularly provided sanitizer, she said, so she started giving workers her own homemade concoction of Everclear grain alcohol and aloe vera.

From Reuters

The store also experienced a run on Everclear grain alcohol, he said, from customers eager to use it as a sanitizer.

From Washington Post

Most often, bitters are prepared by infusing botanical material in a fermented alcohol base including grain alcohol, fruit wine, or beer.

From Scientific American