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# alcohol

«alcohol» in Mova's school dictionary: **A colourless liquid in drinks like beer, wine and spirits…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (alcohol — uncountable; alcohols — science, rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A colourless liquid in drinks like beer, wine and spirits that changes the way people think and act, and can make them drunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/#m1)

2) Drinks that contain this (He doesn't drink alcohol). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/#m2)

3) A liquid chemical used for cleaning and killing germs (rubbing alcohol, hand sanitiser) and as a fuel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons pupils learn that alcohol is a drug: it slows the brain and body, is especially harmful to children's growing brains, and is against the law for children to buy; adults should not drink and drive. In safety lessons: never drink from unknown bottles or glasses; hand sanitisers and cleaning alcohol are poisonous to drink; tell an adult if someone is very drunk and unwell. In science, alcohol evaporates quickly and burns. Phrases: drink alcohol, alcohol-free, rubbing alcohol, alcoholic.

### examples

- Alcohol is not safe for children to drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/#x1)
- Beer and wine contain alcohol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/#x2)
- People should never drive after drinking alcohol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/#x3)
- Hand sanitiser has alcohol in it to kill germs — never drink it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/#x4)
- The nurse cleaned the cut with an alcohol wipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/#x5)
- This drink is alcohol-free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/#x6)
- Alcohol evaporates faster than water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «some alcohol». Spelling: alcohol (no «e» at the end; «coh» in the middle). Adjective: alcoholic (an alcoholic drink); an alcoholic is also a person who is addicted to alcohol.

### In the corpora

- [Alcohol is against the law to buy before 18 because growing bodies and brains handle it badly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/3/)
- [Tipsy means a little alcohol has made someone chattier and sillier than usual, though they are still in control.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/12/)
- [Drunk means so much alcohol that balance, speech and judgement stop working properly; drunk people can fall, fight and act unpredictably.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/13/)
- [A hangover is how the body feels the day after drinking too much alcohol: headache, tiredness, thirst and feeling sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/14/)
- ["Has a drinking problem" means is an alcoholic, a person who cannot stop drinking alcohol.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alcohol» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.