zero-proof en · ADJ
Etymology
From zero + proof (“measure of alcohol content”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of a beverage) 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: