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nounThe compound methyl alcohol or methanol.
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nouna light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol
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Origin
Originally manufactured by the destructive distillation of wood.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian метилов алкохол
- метилов алкохол (metilov alkohol)methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
Catalan alcohol de fusta
- alcohol de fustamethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
Chinese Mandarin 木醇
- 木醇 (mùchún)methanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
Finnish puusprii, metanoli
- puuspriimethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
- metanolimethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
French alcool de bois
- alcool de boismethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
German Holzgeist
- Holzgeistmethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
Hungarian faszesz
- faszeszmethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
Icelandic tréspíri
- tréspírimethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
Romanian spirt de lemn
- spirt de lemnmethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
Swedish träsprit
- träspritmethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
Turkish odun ruhu, metanol
- odun ruhumethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
- metanolmethanol — see also methanol, methyl alcohol
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APA
wood alcohol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20alcohol
MLA
“wood alcohol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20alcohol. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wood alcohol,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20alcohol.
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