methyl alcohol

Noun

Meaning

a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

methyl-alcohol

Synonyms

methanol wood alcohol wood spirit chemical methylated spirit carbinol methanal methylated spirits monohydroxymethane methyl hydrate methanolic hydroxymethane pyroligneous spirit ch3oh simple alcohol
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Hypernyms

fuel alcohol

Examples

He prepared acetone by the distillation of the acetates of lead and lime; and he isolated methyl alcohol from the products of the destructive distillation of wood. Robert Boyle

Just few days ago, a group of people in Iran drank methyl alcohol thinking it is going to keep the coronavirus away. Source: Internet

The ministry is alerting the public to the counterfeit hand sanitizers that look just like genuine products but contain the active ingredients in a toxic gel made with methanol or methyl alcohol and 1-propanol or propyl alcohol that may result in death. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

methyl methyl acetate methyl acrylate methyl blue methyl bromide methyl butyl ether