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.
Origin of methyl alcohol
First recorded in 1840–50
Words nearby methyl alcohol
meths,
methuen,
methuselah,
methyl,
methyl acetate,
methyl alcohol,
methyl bromide,
methyl cellulose,
methyl chloride,
methyl chloroform,
methyl chloroformate
Example sentences from the Web for methyl alcohol
Those stains which are dissolved in methyl-alcohol combine fixation with the staining process.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis |James Campbell Todd
British Dictionary definitions for methyl alcohol
Medical definitions for methyl alcohol
methyl alcohol
n.
methanol
Scientific definitions for methyl alcohol
methyl alcohol
See methanol.