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 →

2) Drinks that contain this (He doesn't drink alcohol). tree →

3) A liquid chemical used for cleaning and killing germs (rubbing alcohol, hand sanitiser) and as a fuel. tree →

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 →
• Beer and wine contain alcohol. tree →
• People should never drive after drinking alcohol. tree →
• Hand sanitiser has alcohol in it to kill germs — never drink it. tree →
• The nurse cleaned the cut with an alcohol wipe. tree →
• This drink is alcohol-free. tree →
• Alcohol evaporates faster than water. tree →

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.
• Tipsy means a little alcohol has made someone chattier and sillier than usual, though they are still in control.
• Drunk means so much alcohol that balance, speech and judgement stop working properly; drunk people can fall, fight and act unpredictably.
• A hangover is how the body feels the day after drinking too much alcohol: headache, tiredness, thirst and feeling sick.
• "Has a drinking problem" means is an alcoholic, a person who cannot stop drinking alcohol.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alcohol» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.