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Definition: FUSEL

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. An alternative spelling for "Fusel oil": A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Fusel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1786. (references)

Common Expressions: FUSEL

Expressions Definition
Fusel alcohol Fusel alcohols, also sometimes called fusel oils, are higher order (more than two carbons) alcohols formed by fermentation and present in cider, mead, beer, wine, and spirits to varying degrees. (references)
Fusel oil 1: A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
  2: A mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: FUSEL

Expressions Domain Definition
Fusel oil Food & Agriculture A collective term for the higher alcohols occurring in wines and spirits. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: FUSEL

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Fusel alcohol 4     Fusel alcohol 4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonym: fusel
Position Synonym (sorted by strength)

Expression

 fusel oil.
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Computed Synonyms: fusel

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   4.5595   fusel     fusel oil     fuseloil, crude oil, oil, potato oil, fuel-oil   
 2   1.1090   fusel     potato oil     fusel oil   
 3   1.0094   fusel     phlegm     mucus, sputum, indifference, coolness, slime   
 4   1.0093   fusel     rotgut     rat poison, blue rum, plonk, acid, phlegm   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: fusel

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   4.5595   fusel oil     fusel     fuseloil, potato oil   
 2   1.3598   fusel oil     fuseloil     fusel   
 3   1.3395   fusel oil     crude oil     petroleum, oil   
 4   1.3393   fusel oil     potato oil     fusel   
 5   1.3393   fusel oil     oil     grease, petroleum   
 6   1.3297   fusel oil     fuel-oil     oil, crude oil   
 7   1.1093   fusel oil     petrol     gasoline, gas   
 8   1.1090   fusel oil     amyl alcohol     amyl alcohols, fuselage   
 9   1.0495   fusel oil     fuse box     fuse board, valve box   
 10   1.0091   fusel oil     singe     burn, scorch   
 11   1.0091   fusel oil     phlegm     mucus, sputum   
 12   1.0091   fusel oil     paraffin     kerosene, petroleum   
 13   1.0091   fusel oil     bunkering     sheltering, bucketing   
 14   1.0090   fusel oil     rotgut     rat poison, blue rum   
 15   1.0090   fusel oil     petroleum     oil, crude oil   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: fusel

Context Synonyms within Context

Oil

Fusel oil, aceite, adipocere, amole, animal oil, Barbados tar, blubber, butter, cerement, colza oil, cottonseed oil, cream, dripping exunge, elaine, fat, glycerin, grain oil, grease, hydrate, lard, liniment, linseed oil, mineral, mineral crystal, mineral oil, mineral rock, neat's foot oil, nut oil, oil, ointment, oleagine, olive oil, paraffin, petroleum, rape oil, salad oil, seneca oil, soap, soft soap, soybean oil, spermaceti, stearin, suet, tallow, train oil, unguent, vegetable oil, wax.

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Translations: FUSEL

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian přiboudlina (singe, fusel oil). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish fuselolie (fusel oil), fusel (fusel oil). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina přiboudlina (singe, fusel oil). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech přiboudlina (singe, fusel oil). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish fuselolie (fusel oil), fusel (fusel oil). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk fuselolie (fusel oil), fusel (fusel oil). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Fuselöl (fusel, fusel oil, potato oil), das Fuselöl (fusel oil). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch foezeolie (fusel oil), foezelolie (fusel oil). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Français huile de fusel (fusel oil), goût d'huile de fusel (fusel oil taste), fusel (fusel oil), alcool de fusel (fusel alcohol). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
French huile de fusel (fusel oil), goût d'huile de fusel (fusel oil taste), fusel (fusel oil), alcool de fusel (fusel alcohol). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
German Fuselöl (fusel, fusel oil, potato oil), das Fuselöl (fusel oil). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek ανώτερες αλκοόλες του οίνου (fusel oil). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) anoteres alkooles toi oinoi (fusel oil). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 퓨젤유 (fusel, fuseloil, fusel oil). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 퓨젤유 (fusel, fuseloil, fusel oil). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Fuselöl (fusel, fusel oil, potato oil), das Fuselöl (fusel oil). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Fuselöl (fusel, fusel oil, potato oil), das Fuselöl (fusel oil). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian kozmaolaj (fusel oil). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese フーゼル油 (fusel oil), フーゼルゆ (fusel oil). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 퓨젤유 (fusel, fuseloil, fusel oil). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar kozmaolaj (fusel oil). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese caixa de fusíveis (fuse box, fusel oil), óleo fúsel (fusel oil), fuselol (fusel oil), fusel (fusel oil). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi finkel (fusel oil, rotgut, fusel, phlegm), finkelolja (fusel oil), finkelalkohol (fusel oil). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland fuselolie (fusel oil), fusel (fusel oil). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovene patočno olje (fusel oil). Additional references: Slovene, Slovenia, Austria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovenian patočno olje (fusel oil). Additional references: Slovenian, Slovenia, Austria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovenscina patočno olje (fusel oil). Additional references: Slovenscina, Slovenia, Austria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish petróleo (petroleum, crude oil, oil, bunkering, coal oil), aceite de fusel (fusel oil), fusel (fusel oil). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska finkel (fusel oil, rotgut, fusel, phlegm), finkelolja (fusel oil), finkelalkohol (fusel oil). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish finkel (fusel oil, rotgut, fusel, phlegm), finkelolja (fusel oil), finkelalkohol (fusel oil). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish zehirli alkol karışımı (fusel, fusel oil). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, fusel. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: FUSEL

Language Translations for “fusel” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag fathagusathagel (fusel). Additional references: Athag, fusel. (volunteer)
Double Dutch fagusagel (fusel). Additional references: Double Dutch, fusel. (volunteer)
Leet |?[-]\/$&# (fusel). Additional references: Leet, fusel. (volunteer)
Oppish fopusopel (fusel). Additional references: Oppish, fusel. (volunteer)
Pig Latin uselfay (fusel). Additional references: Pig Latin, fusel. (volunteer)
Terran B Fuskell (fusel). Additional references: Terran B, fusel. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi fubusubel (fusel). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, fusel. (volunteer)
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