rectified spirit

== English == === Noun === rectified spirit (plural rectified spirits) 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 ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== rectified spirit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia