alcoholic
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˌæl.kəˈhɔ.lɪk/
:
alcohólico
- Listening to the exciting music and enjoying his first alcoholic drink, Yu became mesmerized by the festive atmosphere.
- alcoholic beverage
- alcoholic drink
- alcoholic beverages like beer
This is how it ends up giving you alcoholic pneumonia.
- This is how it ends up giving you alcoholic pneumonia.
- Like a fruit, like one of them alcoholic tube shots.
- It's warm, you do it on a saucepan, and it's non alcoholic but still tastes delicious.
- If I just hit the little arrows, it's not alcoholic.
- It's the Shirley non alcoholic wine.
- Oh my this smells very alcoholic.
- But I have no problem having alcoholic brands, sugar, water.
Examples
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We'd like to remind our alcoholic friends out there not to drive while drinking.
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How many alcoholic beverages do you consume?
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The average number of alcoholic drinks consumed per day by the user group was 4.
Academic text (1995) -
Respondents were asked to indicate the number of days they had ever had at least one alcoholic drink.
Academic text (2008) -
During the dinner, travelers had a choice of either water or an alcoholic beverage; soft drinks were not available.
Academic text (2008) -
If you consume more than three alcoholic drinks every day while taking acetaminophen, you risk damaging your liver.
Academic text (2015) -
9. Islam proscribes the eating of pork and the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Academic text (1993) -
People who don't drink alcoholic beverages still buy their liter and swap it for something else they want.
Academic text (2001) -
Similar processes may explain the adaptive versatility of alcoholic beverage use in diverse cultures.
Academic text (1990) -
Many people enjoy having one or two alcoholic drinks at social gatherings.
Synonyms
7
7.7
Full of alcohol or involving a lot of drinking
1
9.0
Containing alcohol, like whiskey or vodka
A liquid that contains alcohol, like whisky or rum
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A kind of memory loss caused by many years of heavy drinking that affects recent memories but not old ones
How Alcoholic
- Specialized
32
3.7
- Archaic
- Archaic
1
5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alcoholic comes from the word alcohol, which itself comes from an old Arabic word al-kuhl meaning 'a very fine powder' that later was used for a pure liquid made by distillation. So alcoholic is used for things that 'contain alcohol' or are about alcohol.