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Wood alcohol   /wʊd ˈælkəhˌɑl/   Listen
Wood alcohol

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





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"Wood alcohol" Quotes from Famous Books



... enough of a saturated solution of tropaeolin in wood alcohol to cover the plate; allow it to remain ten seconds. It is necessary that the plate should be bathed previously in erythrosine and dried. Before applying the tropaeolin, which, being in alcohol, dries in a few minutes, have some blotting paper on hand, as the solution gathers ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 • Various
... One of the housemaids drank some wood alcohol by mistake for vichy water, and the resulting uproar redounded to Jones' coolness, skill and despatch. He dominated the situation and—well, I won't describe it, this not being a medical work, and the reader probably being ...
— The Motormaniacs • Lloyd Osbourne


Words linked to "Wood alcohol" :   methyl alcohol, propenyl alcohol, alcohol, fuel, allyl alcohol


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