de·na·tured alcohol (d -n  ch rd)n. Ethyl alcohol to which a poisonous substance, such as acetone or methanol, has been added to make it unfit for consumption. |
denatured alcohol
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(Chemistry) Chem ethanol rendered unfit for human consumption by the addition of a noxious substance, as in methylated spirits
| denatured alcohol (d-nchrd) Ethyl alcohol to which a poisonous substance, such as acetone or methanol, has been added to make it unfit for consumption. |
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| Noun | 1. | denatured alcohol - ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol - the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline methylated spirit - ethyl alcohol denatured with methyl alcohol to prevent its use as an alcoholic beverage |
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