"wood alcohol" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wood alcohols [plural]
Etymology: Originally manufactured by the destructive distillation of wood. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wood alcohol (countable and uncountable, plural wood alcohols)
  1. (organic chemistry) The compound methyl alcohol or methanol. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms: wood spirit Translations (methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol): метилов алкохол (metilov alkohol) (Bulgarian), alcohol de fusta [masculine] (Catalan), 木醇 (mùchún) (Chinese Mandarin), puusprii (Finnish), metanoli (Finnish), alcool de bois [masculine] (French), Holzgeist [masculine] (German), faszesz (Hungarian), tréspíri [masculine] (Icelandic), spirt de lemn [neuter] (Romanian), träsprit [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wood_alcohol-en-noun-9fSINRFF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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        "The compound methyl alcohol or methanol."
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        "(organic chemistry) The compound methyl alcohol or methanol."
      ],
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "metilov alkohol",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
          "word": "метилов алкохол"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "alcohol de fusta"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mùchún",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
          "word": "木醇"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
          "word": "puusprii"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
          "word": "metanoli"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Holzgeist"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
          "word": "faszesz"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tréspíri"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "spirt de lemn"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "древе́сный спирт m (drevésnyj spirt, literally “wood spirit”)",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "träsprit"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "note": "деревни́й спирт m (derevnýj spyrt, literally “wood spirit”)",
          "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "wood alcohol"
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        "The compound methyl alcohol or methanol."
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "metilov alkohol",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "word": "метилов алкохол"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "alcohol de fusta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mùchún",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "word": "木醇"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "word": "puusprii"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "word": "metanoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcool de bois"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Holzgeist"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "word": "faszesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tréspíri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "spirt de lemn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "древе́сный спирт m (drevésnyj spirt, literally “wood spirit”)",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "träsprit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "note": "деревни́й спирт m (derevnýj spyrt, literally “wood spirit”)",
      "sense": "methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol"
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