alcohols
USAL-kuh-hawlz/ˈæl.kə.hɔlz/UKAL-kuh-holz/ˈæl.kə.hɒlz/
- 1Plural of alcohol.
Many alcohols evaporate quickly at room temperature.
The recipe calls for two different alcohols blended in equal parts.
Note
A plural that belongs mainly to the chemist. The class of organic compounds built around a hydroxyl group (-OH) is countable, so one can compare alcohols, list them, and name ethanol as one of them. Drinks taken together are uncountable: a bar serves alcohol, not alcohols. When the plural appears outside the lab, it signals separate kinds rather than drink in general.
alcohols is a form of alcohol
alcohol, noun: Beverages containing ethanol, taken together as a category: beer, wine, and distilled spirits. Full entry
- Forms
- alcoholalcohols plural
- Spelling
- alcohol → alcohols: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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