Methane

/ˈmiːθeɪn/

Synonyms for "methane" (53 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Strong matches (16)

Noun(2 words)
energy gasfuel gas

Related words (26)

Noun(4 words)
marsh gasmethyl hydridenatural gas fuelswamp gas

Related word relations

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More general

11 entries
alkanealkane serieschemical compoundfuelgasgreenhouse gashydrocarbonmethane seriesparaffinparaffin seriespollutant

More specific

2 entries
biogaslandfill gas

Collocations

6 entries
greenhouse gasmethane combustionmethane emissionsmethane gasmethane hydratenatural gas

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries
methyl hydride

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Titan's black rivers and black lakes of methane were a sight to behold with ringed Saturn and the faint distant sun in the cloudy horizon.

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How many carbon atoms does methane have?

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Since 1990, methane emissions have decreased by 11%.

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In March 2014, the Administration released a Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions from landfills, coal mining, agriculture, and oil and gas systems through voluntary actions and common-sense standards.

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