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rubbing alcohol

noun

  1. a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.


rubbing alcohol

noun

  1. a liquid usually consisting of 70 per cent denatured ethyl alcohol, used by external application as an antiseptic or rubefacient
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rubbing alcohol1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

One of the boys, a stocky ruddy-faced blond teen, vanished after he and Middleton got drunk on rubbing alcohol.

And a rubbing alcohol/lavender oil mix works only as a short-term defense to buy time until the exterminator comes.

Strategies run the gamut from freezing everything you own to lathering your body in a mix of rubbing alcohol and lavender oil.

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