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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Ethyl alcohol to which a poisonous substance, such as acetone or methanol, has been added to make it unfit for consumption.
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- noun Reasonably pure
ethyl alcohol forindustrial purposes that has been made unfit forconsumption by the addition of apoisonous substance such asacetone ormethyl alcohol
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes
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chained_bear commented on the word denatured alcohol
"Alcohol that had poison added to keep anyone from drinking it." Seen here.
June 3, 2009