methyl alcohol

noun, Chemistry
1.
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 4 O, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood or the incomplete oxidation of natural gas, or produced synthetically from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used chiefly as a solvent, a fuel, and an automobile antifreeze and in the synthesis of formaldehyde.
Origin
1840-50
Examples from the web for methyl alcohol
  • Methanol, or methyl alcohol, is processed from natural gas.
  • methyl alcohol possesses distinct narcotic properties.
British Dictionary definitions for methyl alcohol

methyl alcohol

noun
1.
another name for methanol
methyl alcohol in Medicine

methyl alcohol n.
See methanol.

methyl alcohol in Science
methyl alcohol  
See methanol.