methyl alcohol

methyl alcohol

n.

See methanol.

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methyl alcohol

n

(Elements & Compounds) another name for methanol

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meth′yl al′cohol

n.

a colorless, volatile, poisonous liquid, CH₄O, used chiefly as a solvent, fuel, and antifreeze and in the synthesis of formaldehyde. Also called methanol, wood alcohol.

[1840–50]

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methyl alcohol

See methanol.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

methyl alcohol - a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol methanol, wood alcohol, wood spirit alcohol - any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation allyl alcohol, propenyl alcohol - an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals fuel - a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"

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Translations

methyl alcohol

n → Methylalkohol m

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methyl alcohol

n metanol m

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