Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.

    Methanol

    метано́лmetanól

    a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Even a small amount of methanol can cause blindness.

    ruДаже небольшое количество метанола способно вызвать слепоту.

    deSelbst eine kleine Methanolmenge kann blind machen.

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  2. He mistook the methanol in the bottle for water and drank it.

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  3. Methanol can damage the optic nerve.

    deMethanol kann den Sehnerv schädigen.

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  4. Methanol is also called wood alcohol.

    deMethanol wird auch als Holzgeist bezeichnet.

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  5. Methanol is also known as wood alcohol.

    deMethanol nennt man auch Holzgeist.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH:

Origin

From methane + -ol.

From methane + -ol.

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Forms

plural: methanols
Singularmethanol
Pluralmethanols

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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