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], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 July 2025:
      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.
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