rectified spirit

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Noun

rectified spirit (plural rectified spirits)

  1. An alcoholic spirit that has been purified to or close to the maximum concentration obtainable by using conventional distillation processes, i.e. about 96% alcohol by volume.
    Synonyms: neutral alcohol, neutral spirit
    Hypernyms: spirits, hard liquor, strong drink (narrow sense), hard drink (narrow sense), liquor (narrow sense), booze (narrow sense) < drink (alcoholic sense), liquor (broad sense), booze (broad sense), strong drink (broad sense), hard drink (broad sense) < drink (broad sense), beverage
    Near-synonym: everclear

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