METHYL ALCOHOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does methyl alcohol mean? 

• METHYL ALCOHOL (noun)
  The noun METHYL ALCOHOL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: METHYL ALCOHOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METHYL ALCOHOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

methanol; methyl alcohol; wood alcohol; wood spirit

Hypernyms ("methyl alcohol" is a kind of...):

alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)

fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)

Meronyms (substance of "methyl alcohol"):

allyl alcohol; propenyl alcohol (an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals)

 Context examples 

Methyl alcohol catches fire easily and is very poisonous.

(Methyl alcohol, NCI Dictionary)

Also called methyl alcohol and wood alcohol.

(Methanol, NCI Dictionary)