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- noun organic chemistry The compound
methyl alcohol ormethanol .
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- noun a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol
Etymologies
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Originally manufactured by the destructive distillation of wood.
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