wood spirit

wood spirit

n (Elements & Compounds) chem another name for methanol

meth′yl al′cohol

n. a colorless, volatile, poisonous liquid, CH₄O, used chiefly as a solvent, fuel, and antifreeze and in the synthesis of formaldehyde. Also called methanol, wood alcohol. [1840–50]

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wood spirit - a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcoholmethanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcoholalcohol - any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillationallyl alcohol, propenyl alcohol - an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticalsfuel - a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"

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