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zero-proof

zero-proof adjective: nonalcoholic, alcohol-free.

Adjective

zero-proof (not comparable)

  1. Nonalcoholic, alcohol-free.
    • Making a good-tasting, zero-proof wine has been technically harder to pull off, and “there’s a fair amount of bias against nonalcoholic wines from wine purists,” said Dawn Maire, founder of nonalcoholic Starla Wines, which debuted in 2021.2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post

Origin of zero-proof

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

Questions about zero-proof

What does zero-proof mean?
Zero-proof means nonalcoholic, alcohol-free.
What part of speech is zero-proof?
Zero-proof is an adjective.

Words near zero-proof in the dictionary

  1. zero-order logic
  2. zero-order logics
  3. zero-point
  4. zero-point energies
  5. zero-point energy
  6. zero-proof
  7. zero-rate
  8. zero-rated
  9. zero-rates
  10. zero-rating
  11. zero-shadow day

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