Wood alcohol

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The compound methyl alcohol or methanol. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol wordnet

Etymology

Originally manufactured by the destructive distillation of wood.

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