- the technical name for alcohol
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
eth•a•nol
(eth′ə nôl′, -nol′),USA pronunciation n. [Chem.]
- Chemistryalcohol (def. 1).
- ethane + -ol1 1895–1900
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ethanol /ˈɛθəˌnɒl; ˈiːθə-/ n
'ethanol' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alcohol
- denature
- ether
- ethyl acetate
- flex-fuel
- grain alcohol
- -ol
- petrochemical
- shellac
- spirit
- V-2
- bioconversion
- biofuel
- chlormerodrin
- diethylaminoethanol
- ethanolamine
- nitrostarch
- phenyldiethanolamine
- tribromoethanol