METHANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does methanal mean? 

• METHANAL (noun)
  The noun METHANAL has 1 sense:

1. a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol

  Familiarity information: METHANAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METHANAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

formaldehyde; methanal

Hypernyms ("methanal" is a kind of...):

aldehyde (any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids)

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)