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methyl alcohol

 
–noun Chemistry.
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH4O, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood or the incomplete oxidation of natural gas, or produced synthetically from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used chiefly as a solvent, a fuel, and an automobile antifreeze and in the synthesis of formaldehyde.
Also called methanol, wood alcohol, wood spirit.

Origin:
1840–50
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meth·a·nol   (měth'ə-nôl', -nōl', -nŏl')   
n.  A colorless, toxic, flammable liquid, CH3OH, used as an antifreeze, a general solvent, a fuel, and a denaturant for ethyl alcohol. Also called carbinol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirits.

[methan(e) + -ol1.]
wood alcohol  
n.  See methanol.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: methyl alcohol
Function: noun
: METHANOL

Main Entry: wood alcohol
Pronunciation: 'wud-
Function: noun
: METHANOL
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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methyl alcohol n.
See methanol.

wood alcohol n.
See methanol.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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