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full-proof

full-proof adjective: containing the full amount of alcohol; not being a low-alcohol variant.

Adjective

full-proof (not comparable)

  1. Containing the full amount of alcohol; not being a low-alcohol variant.
    • This added freedom can be confusing for consumers and store designers: Where should these products go? Next to their full-proof cousins or over by the soda pop?2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post

Origin of full-proof

From full + proof (“measure of alcohol content”).

Questions about full-proof

What does full-proof mean?
Full-proof means containing the full amount of alcohol; not being a low-alcohol variant.
What part of speech is full-proof?
Full-proof is an adjective.

Words near full-proof in the dictionary

  1. full-points
  2. full-pound
  3. full-pounder
  4. full-pounders
  5. full-powered
  6. full-proof
  7. full-rigged
  8. full-scale
  9. full-service
  10. full-sibling
  11. full-siblings

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