everclear

== English == === Etymology === From a brand name, from ever +‎ clear. === Pronunciation === === Noun === everclear (uncountable) (chiefly US, dated, humorous, genericized trademark) Any home-brewed distilled grain alcohol, especially one with a very high concentration of alcohol (such as 90-some percent, that is, 180-some proof); but generally not one rife with impurities or adulterants. Synonym: jet fuel 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 Coordinate terms: (iffier purity) rotgut, red-eye, hooch Near-synonyms: white lightning, moonshine, mountain dew; rectified spirit, neutral spirit, neutral alcohol ==== See also ====