zero-proof

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

zero-proof (not comparable)

1. (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.

Related terms

• full-proof