Methyl alcohol Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol
    wood alcohol; methanol; wood spirit.

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Definitions
  1. (Chem.), a light, volatile, inflammable liquid, CH3.OH, obtained by the distillation of wood, and hence called wood spirit wood alcohol ; called also methol, carbinol, etc.

Webster 1913