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From Middle English or Old French alcohol (modern French alcool) < Arabic الكحل (al-kuħl), “‘kohl’”).

• (UK) IPA: /ˈælkəhɒl/, SAMPA: /"{lk@hQl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈælkəhɔl/, SAMPA: /"{lk@hOl/
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alcohol (countable and uncountable; plural alcohols)

1. (uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.
2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).

• alcoholic
• alcoholism
• low-alcohol
• non-alcoholic
• nonalcoholic

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