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sprit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alcohol noun Ethanol, the intoxicating chemical found in beer, wine, and spirits.
  • drink verb To take liquid into the mouth and swallow it.
  • liquor noun A strong distilled alcoholic drink, such as whisky, vodka, or gin.
  • spirit noun The non-physical part of a person believed to hold their character, emotions, or soul.
  • spirits noun Strong distilled alcoholic drinks, such as whisky, vodka, or rum.

Senses

sprit is used for these senses in English:

  • drink Alcoholic beverages in general.
  • liquor (chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
  • spirit (usually, in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
  • spirits (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Distilled alcoholic beverages.

alcohol — full definition

  1. noun Ethanol, the intoxicating chemical found in beer, wine, and spirits.
  2. noun Drinks that contain ethanol, considered as a group.
  3. noun In chemistry, any of a family of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl (-OH) group, of which ethanol is just one example.

drink — full definition

  1. verb To take liquid into the mouth and swallow it.
  2. verb To consume alcoholic beverages, often habitually.
  3. noun Any liquid intended for drinking; a beverage.
  4. noun A serving of an alcoholic beverage.

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