zero-proof
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From zero + proof (“measure of alcohol content”).
Adjective[edit]
zero-proof (not comparable)
- (of a beverage) Nonalcoholic, alcohol-free.
- 2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post[1]:
- 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.