Alcohol most commonly refers to: *

Alcohol (chemistry) In chemistry, an alcohol is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl () functional group bound to a saturated carbon atom. The term ''alcohol'' originally referred to the primary alcohol ethanol (ethyl alcohol), which i ...

, an organic compound in which a hydroxyl group is bound to a carbon atom *

Alcohol (drug) Alcohol, sometimes referred to by the chemical name ''ethanol'', is a depressant drug that is the active ingredient in drinks such as beer, wine, and distilled spirits (hard liquor). It is one of the oldest and most commonly consumed recrea ...

, an intoxicant found in alcoholic drinks Alcohol may also refer to:

Chemicals

Ethanol Ethanol (abbr. EtOH; also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound. It is an alcohol with the chemical formula . Its formula can be also written as or (an ethyl group linked to a ...

, one of several alcohols, commonly known as alcohol in everyday life **

Alcoholic beverage An alcoholic beverage (also called an alcoholic drink, adult beverage, or a drink) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of Alcohol (chemistry), alcohol that acts Alcohol (drug), as a drug and is produced by Ethanol fermentation, fermentat ...

, sometimes referred to as "alcohol", any drink containing ethanol ** Surrogate alcohol, any substance containing ethanol that is intentionally consumed by humans but is not meant for human consumption *

Methanol Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the formula C H3 O H (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH). It is ...

, a commodity chemical that can serve as a precursor to other chemicals *

Alcohol fuel Various alcohols are used as fuel for internal combustion engines. The first four aliphatic alcohols (methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol) are of interest as fuels because they can be synthesized chemically or biologically, and they have ...

, a fuel containing alcohols * Alcohol powder, a powdered form of alcohol * Fusel alcohol, a mixture of several alcohols (chiefly amyl alcohol) produced as a by-product of alcoholic fermentation. * Alcohols (medicine), the use of alcohols in medicine ** Rubbing alcohol, a solution of denatured or isopropyl alcohol used in medicine

Music

* "Alcohol" (Barenaked Ladies song), a song by Barenaked Ladies from their album ''Stunt'' * "Alcohol" (Brad Paisley song), a song by Brad Paisley from his album ''Time Well Wasted'' * "Alcohol" (CSS song), a song by CSS from their album ''Cansei de Ser Sexy'' * "Alcohol", a song by the Butthole Surfers from the album '' Independent Worm Saloon'' * "Alcohol", a song by Gang Green from the album '' Another Wasted Night'' * "Alcohol", a song by Gogol Bordello from the album '' Super Taranta!'' * "Alcohol", a song by the Kinks on their albums '' Muswell Hillbillies'' and ''Everybody's in Show-Biz'' * "Alcohol", a song by Millionaires from the EP '' Bling Bling Bling!'' * "Alcohol", a song by Terminaator from the album '' Lõputu päev'' * "Alcohol", a song by British street punk band Charged GBH * "Alcohol", a song by Beck from the '' Loser'' single * "Alkohol", a song by Herbert Grönemeyer from the album ''4630 Bochum''

Other uses

* Alcohol (horse), an Australian racehorse * Alcohol (journal), a peer-reviewed medical journal

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Music

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