WOOD VINEGAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wood vinegar mean? 

• WOOD VINEGAR (noun)
  The noun WOOD VINEGAR has 1 sense:

1. a red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tars

  Familiarity information: WOOD VINEGAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOOD VINEGAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pyroligneous acid; wood vinegar

Hypernyms ("wood vinegar" is a kind of...):

liquid (a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure)