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		|  alcohol 
  
 
 
 1 places where people go to buy and drink alcohol
 2 drinks made with alcohol
 3 drinking alcohol
 4 not drinking alcohol
 5 making alcohol
 
 1  places where people go to buy and drink alcohol
 - a place in a hotel, restaurant, club, etc where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks: bar
 I'll meet you downstairs in the bar. ◎ a theatre bar
 - a building where people go to meet their friends and drink: pub (AmE bar), (formal) public house
 We're going down to the pub for a drink.
 - a shop where you can buy alcohol: off-licence (AmE package store)
 ※ more on bars and pubs BAR/PUB
 
 2  drinks made with alcohol
 - drinks made with alcohol: (alcoholic) drink (AmE liquor)(noun U), (informal) booze (noun U)
 We must get some drink for the party.
 - strong alcoholic drinks: spirits (noun plural) (AmE hard liquor, noun U )
 I never drink spirits, only beer and wine.
 - a drink made from grain: beer; a type of light beer: lager
 - a drink made from grapes: wine
 - a drink made from apples: cider
 ※ more on beer and wine BEER, WINE
 - a strong brown drink made from grain: whisky (AmE whiskey); whisky which comes from Scotland: Scotch; a type of whiskey made in the USA: bourbon
 - a strong dark brown drink made from wine: brandy
 - a strong colourless drink often drunk with tonic water: gin
 - a strong colourless drink typically from Russia: vodka
 Note: beer, wine, etc can be used as uncountable nouns:
 Do you like Australian wine? ◎ My favourite drink is Scotch on the rocks (= Scotch whisky with ice).
 There's some beer in the fridge. If used as countable nouns, the meaning is 'a type of' or 'a glass of':
 This is an excellent brandy (= a good type of brandy).
 Would you like a beer (= a glass of beer) ?
 - a drink that people have before a meal: aperitif
 Shall we have an aperitif?
 - a strong sweet drink that is usually drunk in small quantities after a meal: liqueur
 - a drink containing a mixture of alcoholic drinks, fruit juices, etc: cocktail
 - a mixture of different drinks made in a large container at a party: punch
 
 3  drinking alcohol
 - to drink alcohol: drink*, have a drink
 He drinks too much. ◎ She was sitting in the bar having a drink.
 - to express good wishes before having an alcoholic drink, people sometimes say cheers
 They raised their glasses to each other and said 'cheers'.
 - (used about a drink) containing twice as much as the usual amount: double, large
 a double brandy ◎ a large whisky and soda
 - (used about a strong alcoholic drink) served with nothing added: neat
 neat vodka ◎ No water, thanks. I'll drink it neat.
 ※ people who drink a lot of alcohol
 - a person who drinks a lot of alcohol is a (heavy) drinker
 - a person who often drinks too much is a drunkard
 - a person who needs alcohol every day is an alcoholic; the medical condition is alcoholism (noun U)
 the social costs of alcoholism
 ※ when people drink too much
 - if sb drinks too much, they get* drunk
 Peter got really drunk last night.
 - a person who has drunk too much is drunk, (informal) pissed, (formal) intoxicated
 It was a good party - no one got really drunk.
 - very drunk: blind drunk, (informal) plastered
 'Was he drunk?' 'Absolutely plastered.'
 - a person starts feeling the effects of alcohol when it goes* to their head
 She only had one drink but it went straight to her head.
 - having drunk too much alcohol, or showing the effects of too much alcohol: drunken (only before a noun); noun (U): drunkenness
 I was shouted at by some drunken youths. ◎ drunken singing
 - not drunk: sober
 I stayed sober last night because I had to drive home.
 - to start to feel normal again after being drunk: sober up
 He drank some coffee to try and sober up.
 - the headache that a person may have after drinking too much: hangover
 I couldn't do any work this morning; I had a terrible hangover.
 ※ drinking and driving DRIVE
 
 4  not drinking alcohol
 - containing no alcohol: non-alcoholic; a drink which is non-alcoholic: soft drink
 I'd better have something non-alcoholic - I'm driving.
 - (used about beer or wine) containing no alcohol or very little alcohol: alcohol-free, low-alcohol
 alcohol-free wine
 - to drink less alcohol than you normally do: cut* down (on sth)
 I won't have a drink thanks - I'm cutting down.
 - to not drink alcohol: keep* off sth
 The doctor told me to keep off alcohol.
 - a person who never drinks alcohol: teetotaller (AmE teetotaler); adjective: teetotal
 She never drinks - she's teetotal.
 
 5  making alcohol
 - to change chemically: ferment; noun (U): fermentation
 As a result of fermentation, the sugar changes to alcohol.
 - the main process used in making whisky, gin, etc: distilling (noun U); verb: distil sth
 - a place where whisky, gin, etc are made: distillery
 ※ making beer and wine BEER, WINE
 
 
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