rubbing alcohol

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   lotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use

   Broaderlotion

Questions about rubbing alcohol

What does rubbing alcohol mean?

rubbing alcohol means "lotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use".

Is rubbing alcohol a common word?

rubbing alcohol is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.