wood alcohol


noun

Origin of wood alcohol

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby wood alcohol

Example sentences from the Web for wood alcohol

  • Then comes the wood for distillation into wood-alcohol for use in manufacture and to furnish power in engines.

    Checking the Waste |Mary Huston Gregory
  • Clean your brush in wood-alcohol before putting it away, and keep the shellac bottle tightly corked.

    How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus |Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John

British Dictionary definitions for wood alcohol

wood alcohol

noun

another name for methanol

Medical definitions for wood alcohol

wood alcohol
[ wud ]

n.

methanol

Scientific definitions for wood alcohol

wood alcohol

See methanol.