fusel oil

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   a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors

   Broaderoil

Questions about fusel oil

What does fusel oil mean?

fusel oil means "a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors".

Is fusel oil a common word?

fusel oil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.