Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spirits_of_wine

1 sense of spirits of wine

Sense 1
spirits of wine -- (rectified ethyl alcohol)
       => ethyl alcohol, ethanol, 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)