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proof spirit
proof spiritn. An alcohol-water mixture or a beverage containing a standard amount of alcohol, the US standard being 100 proof, or 50 percent, of ethyl alcohol by volume at 60°F (approximately 15.6°C).proof spirit n 1. (Brewing) (in Britain and Canada) a mixture of alcohol and water or an alcoholic beverage that contains 49.28 per cent of alcohol by weight, 57.1 per cent by volume at 51°F: up until 1980 used as a standard of alcoholic liquids 2. (Brewing) (in the US) a similar standard mixture containing 50 per cent of alcohol by volume at 60°F proof′ spir`it
n. an alcoholic liquor containing one half of its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of.7939 at 60° F. [1735–45] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | proof spirit - a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheitalcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" |
proof spirit
proof spirit1. (in Britain and Canada) a mixture of alcohol and water or an alcoholic beverage that contains 49.28 per cent of alcohol by weight, 57.1 per cent by volume at 51°F: up until 1980 used as a standard of alcoholic liquids 2. (in the US) a similar standard mixture containing 50 per cent of alcohol by volume at 60°F proof spirit
proof spir·itdilute alcohol, specific gravity 0.920, containing 49.5% by weight (57.27% by volume) of ethanol at 15.56°C. Originally in Great Britain it was the weakest alcohol that would permit ignition of gunpowder moistened with it. British proof spirit has a specific gravity of 0.9198 and contains 49.2% ethanol by weight, or 57.1% by volume at the temperature of 10.56°C.proof spirit
Words related to proof spiritnoun a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees FahrenheitRelated Words- alcohol
- alcoholic beverage
- alcoholic drink
- inebriant
- intoxicant
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